Omotara Lawrence, a Nigerian content creator and businesswoman based in the United Kingdom, has spoken out after the arrest of an X user accused of repeatedly harassing and defaming her online, following a petition filed by her husband, Alabi Lawrence, in Lagos on Dec. 18, 2025.
The case stems from months of online abuse in which the X user, identified as @chularh, allegedly mocked Lawrence’s fertility, circulated defamatory sexual claims about her, and tagged her husband in posts, actions that prompted Alabi Lawrence to petition the police for intervention over alleged cyberstalking and defamation. A video shared online showed the suspect pleading at a police station after being detained on Dec. 18, 2025.
Reacting to the development in a lengthy post on X on Dec. 18, 2025, Omotara said sustained online harassment over a past mistake had caused lasting harm to her mental health and personal life. “A mistake is not a life sentence, and nothing I did justifies five years of sexual defamation, humiliation, and harassment online,” she wrote.
She explained that the backlash dates back to a video she described as a stupid mistake made about five years ago, for which she said she publicly took responsibility, apologised across multiple media platforms, and sought out the person involved to apologise privately. Despite this, she said the harassment continued, including doctored images and posts falsely alleging sexual activity and fertility-related insults.
She added that the prolonged abuse affected her well-being, leading to anxiety, therapy, and fear of engaging online, while some users compared her to extremist groups and persistently targeted her reputation. The arrest has since sparked debate on X, with some users praising the action as accountability for cyberstalking and others criticising it as an attempt to silence dissent.
The content creator rejected claims that seeking legal redress amounted to oppression and said the decision to act followed years of restraint. “Holding people accountable for harassment is not oppression, and I will no longer accept abuse I did not give,” she said.
