Nigerian relationship expert and social media personality Blessing Okoro Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has admitted that she fabricated a cancer diagnosis to gain public sympathy and receive financial donations.

In a video sighted by GhanaWeb on November 13, 2026, Blessing confessed that she did not have cancer, explaining that she orchestrated the drama because she felt overwhelmed by public pressure and anticipated embarrassment.

“The pressure was too much, so what did I do? That was where the cancer drama came in. Because of the pressure, I saw this embarrassment coming. Then I said to myself, what stunt can I pull? Then I pulled off the cancer. I don't have cancer. Honestly, I do not have cancer,” she confessed.

According to her, she had undergone a medical check-up a few months earlier, during which doctors discovered a lump in her breast. However, she said the lump was not cancerous.

She claimed she took advantage of the discovery and presented it to the public as a cancerous lump to attract sympathy.

“But the truth is, I had gone for a checkup a few months ago and they found a lump on my boobs, but it was not cancerous. So I took advantage of that, came to the media, cried for help and said that the lump was cancerous so people had empathy,” she shared.

Blessing further admitted that she deliberately played on people's emotions because she wanted financial support but did not want to directly ask the public for money.

She explained that she initially created the impression that she was considering selling some of her personal belongings, including her car and house, which prompted people to sympathise with her.

“I didn't come out to beg for funds. I'm going to be very honest. I played an emotional game. I wanted funds, but I didn't come out directly to ask for funds. I started by pretending like I wanted to sell my personal belongings, my car, my house. So, people had empathy,” she said.

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She stated that someone later encouraged her to make her account details public so people could support her financially, arguing that celebrities also deserved assistance when going through difficult times.

Blessing said she subsequently released her account number, after which donations started coming in from members of the public.

“It took someone to reach out to me and say, 'If we can do this for an ordinary person when they're not feeling well, why not you as a celebrity? Put out your account number'. So that was when I put out my account number. The donations were rolling in. I was excited. One thousand, two thousand, three hundred, five hundred. I was honoured,” she recounted.

However, she claimed the donations stopped after Nigerian social media activist VeryDarkMan questioned the legitimacy of the fundraising campaign and demanded evidence to support her cancer claims.

According to Blessing, his intervention forced her to come up with further explanations to sustain the situation.

“Until VeryDarkMan came and said, 'You cannot be donating money for Blessing where there is no evidence.' Immediately he made that video, the donation stopped. So, I'm like, 'Oh, what do I do?' That was where the whole orchestration and resolve, all that stuff, came up,” she noted.

Expressing regret over her actions, Blessing admitted that she was not proud of the deception.

“I'm not proud of what I did,” she added.

"Honestly, I don't have cancer" - Blessing CEO finally admits it was a stunt. https://t.co/S5HTrJlrAg

— YabaLeftOnline (@yabaleftonline) November 13, 2026