How Ojuko David Adefesobi Slammed Young SGBV Advocate Adeife with ₦15m Lawsuit

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Summary: Ojuko David Adefesobi slammed OAU student and SGBV advocate Adeife with a ₦15 million defamation lawsuit on February 22, 2026. His lawyers, K.C. Anekwe & Associates, filed the suit after she wrongly tagged him a rapist on WhatsApp while challenging his response to the Mirabel rape case.

Ojuko David Adefesobi, who reshared a post on his WhatsApp status stating that not all men are rapists in response to the trending Mirabel rape case, slammed OAU student and SGBV advocate Adeife with a ₦15 million defamation lawsuit on February 22, 2026. His lawyers, K.C. Anekwe & Associates, filed the suit after she tagged him a rapist on WhatsApp while challenging his response to the case.

The lawsuit followed a WhatsApp disagreement in which Adeife had tagged Adefesobi a rapist after he shared his opinion on the trending Mirabel rape case, in which a woman reported being raped in her own home by a man she had rejected. 

Adeife released an apology video on February 19, admitting she had wrongly tagged David a rapist and retracted the label. However, David’s legal team dismissed it as a simple retraction that did not adequately remedy the damage. 

In her second, more comprehensive apology video released on February 24, Adeife explicitly stated that David had only shared his opinion about the Mirabel case and that their disagreement had led her to speak very carelessly. 

She stated, “I want to make it clear that David has never raped anybody. I am truly sorry from the depth of my heart.”

This was after Adeife had also participated in a virtual family meeting on February 20, which Adefesobi himself attended, and after her family physically travelled to Ile-Ife on February 22 to apologise in person, her mother among those who begged on her behalf.

David’s lawyers demanded ₦15 million in damages, a written apology, a full retraction, and a 14-day deadline to comply or face court action.

On February 24, David posted on X that the family meeting had not yielded any positive results and that the family’s requests were none of his business. His lawyers then sent Adeife a second letter, a cease and desist, stating that her apologies had not automatically cured the damage and that all communications must go through counsel. 

On that same February 24, an X user @aojjustaoj reported that the extreme punishment had led to Adeife attempting suicide. Still, a contact of Adefesobi’s lawyer, @AgboObinnaya, dismissed the attempt, stating she was using emotional theatrics to ensure that the boy doesn’t get justice, adding that “the girl’s family should go and sell their family land and pay up.

As of the time of writing this report, there is no news on whether Adeife has been made to pay the ₦15 million.