- May Edochie, the estranged wife of Nollywood star Yul Edochie, has filed a high-profile lawsuit at the Lagos State High Court aiming to permanently deactivate several social media pages targeting her brand.
- The 126-paragraph affidavit levies heavy accusations against specific online commentators and her own former legal counsel, claiming a flagrant breach of solicitor-client privilege to fuel online smear campaigns.
- The prominent influencer and brand ambassador disclosed that the structured digital harassment, which features deepfakes, AI caricatures, and leaked private contact data, has severely damaged her high-value corporate endorsement deals.
May Edochie, the estranged wife of veteran Nollywood actor and director Yul Edochie, has officially approached a Lagos State High Court seeking sweeping judicial orders to compel the immediate deactivation and permanent removal of various social media accounts allegedly orchestrated to cyberbully, defame, and harass her.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the prominent lifestyle entrepreneur, digital influencer, and brand ambassador is pushing for strict legal interventions to clean up her digital ecosystem and protect her corporate reputation.
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The civil suit, filed under the official case file registration number LD/10737GCM/2026, lists key public commentators including Yinka Omolola Theisen, Emeka Ugwuonye, and several unidentified anonymous digital operators as defendants.
May’s legal team, led by Jessica Egbafor and Esther Fijo of the premium legal firm Greylaw Partners, is asking the court for a perpetual injunction that would legally bar the named individuals from writing, publishing, or sharing any derogatory, defamatory, or threatening material against her across global digital platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube.
The comprehensive 126-paragraph supporting affidavit details an exhaustive history of coordinated online attacks that May claims she has quietly endured for several consecutive years.
The claimant testified that the defendants, alongside a decentralized network of gossip blogs, have continuously weaponized manipulated digital media, including altered photographs, offensive artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes, insulting cartoon caricatures, and coordinated death wishes, expressly designed to subject her to public ridicule and systematically devalue her personal brand value.
Furthermore, the lawsuit features a shocking allegation against one of the core defendants, whom May formally identified as her previous legal representative.
She explicitly accused the legal professional of deliberately violating the sacred tenets of solicitor-client confidentiality by converting private information obtained during her formal legal consultations into malicious public content for online consumption.
May stated that despite serving formal cease-and-desist notices to the parties in September 2025 demanding public apologies and aggregate damages totaling ₦1.5 billion, the digital onslaught only worsened, with the trolls creating fresh proxy accounts to evade accountability.
The legal filings also highlighted the tangible real-world consequences of the ongoing cyberstalking campaign.
May informed the court that the constant circulation of manufactured scandals has directly disrupted her active corporate partnerships, commercial relationships, and multi-million naira brand endorsement agreements.
Additionally, the unauthorized leak and weaponization of her private telephone numbers and home contact details online have exposed her immediate family members to direct security threats, causing her profound emotional trauma, clinical anxiety, and legitimate fears for her personal safety.
Presiding over the preliminary application, Justice Abdul-Raheem Tejumade Muyideen issued clear procedural directives ensuring the targets cannot claim ignorance of the litigation.
The judge ordered that all official writ of summons and associated court processes be served to the defendants using modern substitute means, including their last known residential addresses, registered emails, and verified personal social media handles.
Justice Muyideen subsequently adjourned the legal proceedings to await the formal submission of the service tracking report, marking a pivotal moment in the legal accountability framework governing Nigeria’s digital space.
