Thirty-year-old TikTok user sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for cyberstalking Eniola Badmus

For cyberstalking Nollywood actress Eniola Badmus, a female TikTok user named Nwakaego Okoye received a three-year prison sentence.

On Wednesday, the decision was rendered by Federal High Court Judge Nicholas Oweibo, who is based in Lagos.

Following her guilty plea to two counts of cyberstalking, the judge found Nwakaego guilty.

Despite the convict’s repentance, Justice Oweibo offered her the choice to forgo jail time by paying a fine of N150,000.

Nwakaego and one Chimabia, who is currently at large, allegedly planned to perpetrate the crime in Lagos between December 2022 and July 2023.

It further stated that the offense was in violation of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015’s Sections 27 and 24(1)(b)(2)(a)(c).

After being detained for making disparaging remarks about the actress Eniola Badmus, Okoye admitted that she had done it because her friend Fortune Ibe had promised to give 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.”

Following Okoye’s detention, Badmus kept on accusing her of defaming her hard-earned reputation and turned down offers to resolve the case outside of court.