Self-acclaimed relationship and mental health expert Blessing CEO has broken her silence following the reported arrest of her partner, controversial businessman Ikechukwu Ogbonna a.k.a IVD, at the airport while attempting to travel to Qatar.
In a fiery social media post made minutes ago, Blessing CEO strongly defended IVD, accusing certain individuals of manipulating the system to keep him detained without proper charges. She wrote:
“Till now, they are keeping IVD with no charges yet. Nobody asked IVD not to travel… How do you bundle someone since yesterday and not even a file of what he did? This is pure bullying and intimidation.”
Blessing CEO refuted reports that IVD violated a travel restriction related to his ongoing domestic violence case over the death of his late wife, Bimbo. She claimed his passport had been missing for years and that he only recently obtained a new one. She continued:
“IVD never submitted any passport to the court… There was no ban whatsoever on him. If there was, why would he make his travel public? He has never jumped bail in three years of the ongoing case. Why would he run for just a 10-day trip that had a return ticket?”
According to Blessing CEO, the detention is less about justice and more about personal vendettas, tribal sentiments, and misuse of power. She claimed:
“This is a game of politics and dirty emotions… Nobody arrested IVD. One man is using power to bully him. No case file, no statement, just ‘Oga said hold him till Monday.’ For what?”
She alleged that bloggers were being paid by certain individuals, including people close to IVD’s late wife, to spread misleading information about the case.
Blessing CEO called on Lagos State to intervene before the situation escalates, insisting that the prolonged detention without charges is unlawful and unjust. She wrote:
“Stop bullying IVD because he is a man. Stop intimidating him. Just because you could not take his life, you are doing everything to intimidate him. This is injustice… Lagos State, please come into this before it gets messy.”
Her passionate defence has reignited conversations around the high-profile case, which has been ongoing since Bimbo’s death in October 2022. For now, all eyes are on Monday, August 4, 2025, when IVD is expected to be taken to court.
