The Nigeria Medical Association has confirmed that the cancer report being circulated by influencer Blessing Okoro was altered.
In a statement released on April 1, the association disclosed that the owner of Xinus Medical Diagnostics the lab where Blessing claimed to have conducted her test clarified that the result she presented does not belong to her but to another patient.
According to the association, the lab’s proprietor, Dr. O.A. Odigwe, who is also a member of the Delta State chapter, provided details to set the record straight.
Read the statement below
Our attention has been drawn to an online histology report purportedly issued to one Blessing Okoro, AKA Blessing CEO, by XINUS MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS allegedly located in Enugu State. The said histology report was also alleged to have been signed by Dr O. A. Odigwe, a consultant pathologist.
The proprietor of Xinus Medical Diagnostics, Dr O.A. Odigwe who is also a member of the Nigeria Medical Association, Delta State Chapter has reached us and has offered the following information to clear the air on the true position of the result as follows:
- That Xinus Medical Diagnostics is located in Asaba, Delta State and did not at anytime issue any report to BLESSING OKORO.
- That Xinus Medical Diagnostics was actually contacted in May 2025 by a doctor from a private hospital in Asaba to do a confirmatory test on a possible case of breast cancer for his patient, MARA DEBORAH.
- That the test was done and the result issued to the referring doctor as a case of Breast Cancer on the 9th of May, 2025.
- That a copy of that result is the one being circulated online by the Law firm- ALLEN JURIS LAW, with the name MBARA DEBORAH as the patient.
- That the result online from the law firm is the original version issued to the patient through her hospital.
This clarification is deemed necessary in view of what the altered report being paraded by Blessing Okoro is now being used for. The members of the public should therefore be guided accordingly.
The integrity of our association and its members is very paramount and should not therefore be taken for granted. We call on the authorities responsible for maintaining law and order to do the needful and save the unsuspecting members of the public from being taken undue advantage of.”
It will be recalled that Blessing had earlier gone public in March, claiming she was battling stage four cancer and had received over ₦12 million in donations from Nigerians for treatment.
