The Inspector General of Police has arraigned a 35-year-old woman, Ifeoma Vivian Nwafor, on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and alleged cyberstalking of Chief (Dr.) Mrs. Folashade Noimat Okoya, Managing Director of Eleganza Industries Limited and wife of billionaire industrialist, Alhaji Chief (Dr.) Razaq Akanni Okoya.
By: Yetunde Ayobami Ojo
Nwafor, who hails from Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, was arraigned before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.
She was arraigned by the Inspector-General of Police in Suit No. FHC/LAG/CR/819/2026 and she pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge after it was read to her.
Following her plea, the prosecution urged the court to remand her in custody and adjourn the case for trial.
However, her counsel, O. J. Aduwa, applied for bail pursuant to Sections 35(4), 36(1) and 36(5) of the Constitution, urging the court to grant her bail on liberal terms.
Aduwa assured the court that his client would make herself available throughout the trial.
The prosecution did not oppose the bail application, having regard to the nature of the alleged offences.
In his ruling, Justice Dipeolu granted Nwafor bail in the sum of N3 million, with two sureties in like sum.
The judge ordered that the sureties must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court, with one of them being a blood relation of the defendant.
The sureties were also directed to provide evidence of three years’ tax payment, their National Identification Numbers (NINs) and photographs, as well as depose to affidavits of compliance
Justice Dipeolu further directed Nwafor to depose to an affidavit undertaking to make herself available for trial.
The judge, however, ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Kirikiri Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending the perfection of her bail conditions.
The matter was adjourned until November 8, 2026, for trial.
According to the charge, Nwafor allegedly conspired with others still at large sometime in June 2026 at Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos State, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court, to commit a felony.
The prosecution alleged that the defendant acted with intent to cause “annoyance, injury, fear, intimidation, enmity and/or needless anxiety” to Mrs. Okoya.
It further alleged that Nwafor participated in the publication of offensive, false, malicious and calculated material concerning Mrs. Okoya on Instagram through the handles @cutie_juis and @truestorieswithifeomafans.
The prosecution also alleged that pictures of Mrs. Okoya and material concerning her were published on the internet.
The first count was said to be contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Law of the Federation
In the second count, the prosecution alleged that Nwafor, through the Instagram handle @truestorieswithifeomafans, made an online post containing a statement that was derogatory and calculated to invite “mockery, ridicule, gossip, suspicion and scandal” against Mrs. Okoya.
The alleged offence was brought under Section 24(2)(a) and (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015.
In the third count, the prosecution similarly alleged that Nwafor used an online link to publish pictures of Mrs. Okoya alongside a statement described as derogatory and calculated to invite mockery, ridicule, suspicion and scandal.
The prosecution said the alleged conduct contravened Section 24(1)(a) and (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015.
The case followed a social media controversy that emerged in June 2026, shortly after the traditional wedding ceremony of the daughter of Mrs. Okoya.
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