Veteran actress, Victoria Inyama, has called out internet personality, Blessing CEO, for allegedly faking her cancer test result.
Recently, Blessing, a self-styled relationship expert, generated controversy online after sharing that she had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.
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In a series of emotion-laden Instagram videos posted last Wednesday, she revealed that she has been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer.
“My name is Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I need help. Urgent surgery is required to remove my left breast, or both, depending on how fast it has spread,” she said.
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She also appealed to the public to raise funds for her, claiming that she has put her Lagos mansion up for what she described as a distress sale, and is in the process of auctioning her collection of luxury wigs at reduced prices to finance chemotherapy.
While many sympathised with her, many others questioned the authenticity of her claims.
As doubts mounted, Ms Blessing posted a screenshot of her test results to prove she is not lying.
Low blow
In an unexpected turn of events, Inyama, who starred in the acclaimed movie ‘Glamour Boys’, called out Ms Blessing, revealing that the test result she posted belongs to a close family friend.
On her Instagram page, the actress, who recently bagged a Master’s in Applied Psychology and Coaching Psychology from the University of East London, went ahead to wish her more tears.
“Small world. This is actually my friend’s sister’s test report. Everything you cried about must manifest to you. Everything. How can you go this low?
“Crying and duping people as you always do? Why? Everything you posted must happen to you unless there’s no God. The tears have not started for you yet,” she wrote.
Recall that Ms Inyama once revealed that she is a cancer survivor.
In a 2018 interview with Punch newspaper, the ‘Ripples’ actress said that it started in Nigeria, before she relocated to the UK.
“I used to have serious pain on the left side of my head. I went to notable hospitals, and they used to say I had a migraine. They gave me drugs for migraines. None of the hospitals bothered to do a proper MRI scan or anything like that.
But when I got married, and I had to relocate, it got worse, and I had to be checked. They found out that I had some cancerous growth in my head; that was in 2005. The medics started the treatment almost immediately,” she said.
Looming litigation
Meanwhile, a woman identified as Miss Deborah Mbara has accused the influencer of using her medical results.
According to her legal representatives, Ms Blessing allegedly obtained and doctored Miss Mbara’s medical document to present it as her own.
Mrs Mbara is a make-up artist who got introduced to Blessing as a client.
A statement from Ms Mbara’s solicitor, currently trending online, alleges that Ms Blessing obtained and edited her test results to sway public opinion.
According to the statement, Ms Mbara, the owner of Zazi Beauty situated in Asaba, Delta State, was once diagnosed with breast cancer, but has been healed of it.
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It claimed that Ms Blessing informed Ms Mbara that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and requested that the makeup artist send her the results of the test she carried out.
Ms Blessing then altered the result and inserted her name, using the same to solicit funds from Nigerians.
“We respectfully implore you to provide a public clarification regarding the alteration of a medical report, reportedly claimed as yours, which was utilised to solicit funds from benevolent individuals, in the interest of transparency and fairness,” the statement reads.
Blessing CEO is yet to respond to the allegations.
