May Edochie, the estranged wife of Nollywood actor Yul
Edochie, has filed a lawsuit at the Lagos high court over the alleged leak of
her private information and a sustained campaign of online harassment.
The suit, marked LD/10737GCM/2026, was filed through her
lawyers Jessica Egbafor and Esther Fijo of Greylaw Partners against Emeka
Ugwuonye, her former lawyer, Yinka Omolola Theisen, former partner of Yul’s
brother Linc Edochie, and unidentified operators of several social media
accounts.
The defendants are accused of cyberbullying, harassment, and
defamation.
The legal action follows earlier cease-and-desist notices
issued by May through her lawyers in September 2025 to Ugwuonye and Theisen
over allegations of cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and defamation.
In those notices, she demanded the removal of alleged
defamatory publications, public retractions, and apologies on all platforms
where the statements appeared. She also sought N1 billion in damages from
Ugwuonye and N500 million from Theisen over the alleged harm to her reputation
and business interests.
In the fresh suit, May is seeking a perpetual injunction
restraining the defendants from publishing content she described as defamatory,
threatening and harassing.
She also asked the court to order the deletion of the
disputed social media accounts and posts and direct the affected social media
platforms to disclose information about the account holders to aid
investigations.
In a 126-paragraph affidavit supporting the suit, May
alleged that she had endured a sustained campaign of online harassment spanning
several years.
She claimed that the defendants and operators of several
blogs and social media pages published false allegations, manipulated
photographs, AI-generated images, insulting caricatures, death wishes and other
offensive content intended to ridicule her and damage her reputation.
She also accused Ugwuonye of breaching solicitor-client
confidentiality by publishing information obtained during the course of legal
representation.
May further alleged that despite serving legal notices on
some of the defendants in 2025 demanding the removal of the publications, the
alleged online attacks intensified, with fresh accounts allegedly created to
continue the campaign.
According to her, the alleged publications have negatively
affected her business, endorsement deals and commercial relationships.
She also claimed that the circulation of her private contact
details online exposed members of her family to harassment and caused her
emotional distress, anxiety and concerns for her safety.
May is urging the court to restrain the defendants from
making any further publications about her and compel the removal of the
disputed online content.
Abdul-Raheem Tejumade Muyideen, the judge, directed that all
court processes be served on the defendants through their last known
residential addresses, email addresses, social media accounts and other
electronic communication platforms.
The judge subsequently adjourned the matter for a service
report.
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