Nollywood actress Nkechi Blessing has disclosed that she tracked down and facilitated the arrest of the woman who secretly took an unedited photo of her at a Lagos gym, sparking widespread online trolling in September.
The photo, which went viral on social media, captured the actress seated and using her phone, with commenters mocking her natural appearance. At the time, Blessing dismissed the criticism, stressing that her priority at the gym was fitness, not glamour.
“I went to the gym to stay fit and healthy, not for a fashion show,” she stated then. “To the person who took that picture, I leave you in the hands of God.”
However, in a recent episode of the Honest Bunch podcast, the actress revealed she later pursued the case privately. Blessing said that although the gym initially declined to release the culprit’s details, she independently uncovered the woman’s identity.
“You get BBL, you dey snap me wey get natural body—are you stupid?” she said. “iFitness hid her information from me, but I found her. I got her arrested, of course.”
Blessing explained that she chose not to respond online during the peak of the controversy, opting instead for legal action to address the violation of her privacy.
