A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a female TikTok user identified as Nwakaego Okoye, to 3 years imprisonment for cyberstalking Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo handed Nwakaego the sentence after she pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of cyberstalking.
In a consideration that followed the convict’s remorse, Justice Oweibo however gave her an option of paying a fine of N150,000 in lieu of jail time.
According to the charge, Nwakaego and one Chimabia (now at large) conspired to commit the offense between December 2022 and July 2023 in Lagos, an offense that contravened Sections 24(1)(b)(2)(a)(c) and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.
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Okoye, who was arrested for making defamatory statements against actress Eniola Badmus, confessed that she defamed the actress because a friend, Fortune Ibe, promised to pay her N200,000.
In a video clip shared online, Nwakaego was seen apologizing for her actions.
According to her, she needed the money to pay her house rent.
“What happened was that a friend of mine, Fortune Ibe, said if I should come out and talk about Mrs Eniola Badmus, he was going to send me N200k because I told him about my rent, She said
“That was what prompted the video. I am so sorry; I just did that because I was desperate to pay my house rent. I just did it because of the money.”
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