Okoye Blessing Nwakaego, a TikToker who defamed veteran actress Eniola Badmus by labeling her a pimp, has been handed a three-year prison sentence for cyberstalking.

The conviction came from Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, after Nwakaego pleaded guilty to the charges.

The court found her guilty of violating sections 24 (1) (b), (2) (a) (c), and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015. However, Justice Oweibo granted her the option to pay a fine of ₦‎150,000 instead of serving time in jail.

The charges state that between December 2022 and July 2023 in Lagos, Nwakaego, along with an individual named Chimabia, who is currently at large, conspired to commit the cyberstalking crime.

The incident unfolded when the actress, Eniola Badmus, confronted Nwakaego in July after her defamatory video calling her a pimp circulated on social media for days.

Badmus' legal counsel claimed that the video caused significant harm to her client's public image. Consequently, Badmus had Nwakaego arrested on defamation grounds in the dead of night on July 22, 2023.

During her reprimand by the police, Nwakaego confessed that she made the defamatory statement against the actress to earn money for her rent. She further revealed that she was paid ₦200,000 by Chimabia to fabricate the false accusations against the star.

In her words, "So, one of my friends said if I should come out and talk about Miss Eniola Badmus that he was going to send me N200,000 because I told him about my rent. So that was what prompted the video in the first place. So I’m so sorry. I just did it because of the money. I was so desperate to pay my house rent.”