Breast cancer survivor Deborah Mbara has come forward with a detailed account of how Blessing Okoro, known as Blessing CEO, gained access to her genuine histology report and allegedly altered it to support a public cancer claim. In a video posted on her Instagram page, Mbara described the sequence of events that led to the document being used in a fraudulent fundraising drive that raised at least N13 million.
Mbara, the Creative Director of Zazi Beauty Place in Asaba, Delta State, explained that she first met Blessing CEO last year while working as her make-up artist. When Blessing announced on March 25 that she had been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer and began sharing emotional videos while appealing for treatment funds, Mbara reached out as a fellow survivor who had just completed chemotherapy on January 30.
In the video, Mbara said:
“I started talking to her, encouraging her, telling her that she should gather herself. That it’s not even a social media thing at all. I started praying for her, cursing the spirit of cancer. I even recommended prayer links for her. I sent one to her. I started telling her that there is nothing God cannot do. You have to go for your medicals. It is something you take one step at a time.”
During their conversations, Mbara arranged for a doctor to join a call to offer professional guidance. After sharing her own experience of overcoming the disease, including showing a scar from treatment, Blessing asked for a copy of Mbara’s medical reports.
“I was even telling her that God saw me through this, see the scar, it has gone. She said, ‘Okay, Zazi, please, can you just please help me send your own reports when you were diagnosed so I could compare them with what my doctor gave to me.’ I said, ‘okay, no problem.’ That was how I gave her my results because she said she wanted to compare it with what her doctor gave her.”
Mbara said she only discovered the misuse when she saw the altered version of her report circulating online on Friday. The original document, issued on May 9, 2025, by Xinus Medical Diagnostics in Asaba, had already been confirmed by the Delta State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association as belonging to her and not to Blessing CEO.
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The survivor expressed deep distress over the situation.
“Only for me to see on social media on Friday, that it was the result I gave to her that she doctored on and flying it all over… the nonsense and the defrauding and the money people are raising for her.”
Mbara also addressed Blessing’s claim that the two women were strangers. She revealed that Blessing travelled to Asaba on Monday with companions in an attempt to resolve the matter privately.
“She came to beg. My husband said, you have to go online on social media to apologise to the public, to Nigeria, tell them how it happened, let them know the truth.”
The revelation has intensified public outrage, with growing calls for Blessing CEO to refund donations and face investigation. The influencer has since deactivated her Instagram account amid the backlash.
Mbara emphasised the emotional toll of a real cancer diagnosis.
“Can you even stand a doctor telling you that you have it? It’s days of sleepless nights for you. If God is not on your side, if God does not come through for you, it’s days of trauma. At the hearing of that news, life pauses for some days for the person.”
This latest development adds another layer to the controversy surrounding Blessing CEO’s cancer announcement, which began with a tearful video and public head-shaving. As Nigerians continue to demand accountability, Mbara’s testimony highlights the personal impact of the alleged deception on actual cancer survivors.