A female TikTok user, Nwakaego Okoye, has been sentenced to
three years imprisonment for cyberstalking Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in
Lagos gave the ruling on Wednesday.
The judge convicted Nwakaego 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 offence between December 2022 and July 2023 in
Lagos.
It added that the offence contravened Sections
24(1)(b)(2)(a)(c) and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.
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.
Seen in a video clip apologising for her actions, Okoye said
she needed the money to pay her house rent, adding that desperation pushed her
into acting in such a manner.
Okoye said, “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.
“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.”
Meanwhile, following Okoye’s arrest, Badmus rejected pleas
to settle the matter out of court as she insisted on charging her for maligning
her hard-earned reputation.
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