Serial entrepreneur, influencer and brand ambassador Mary Yul-Edochie has approached the High Court of Lagos State seeking far-reaching orders to restrain several individuals and social media platforms over alleged cyberbullying, defamation and online harassment.
Mary popularly called ‘Queen May’ in a suit marked LD/10737GCM/2026, filed by her lawyers, Jessica Egbafor and Esther Fijo of Greylaw Partners, before the Lagos Judicial Division, named Yinka Omolola Theisen, Emeka Ugwuonye and unidentified persons operating various social media accounts as defendants.
The motion, brought pursuant to Sections 36 and 37 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and relevant provisions of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2015, asks the court to issue a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from publishing allegedly defamatory, threatening and harassing content about her on Facebook, Instagram, X and other social media platforms.
Mary is also seeking a mandatory order directing the defendants to delete numerous social media accounts and posts which she claims have been used to target her. In addition, she wants the court to compel social media companies to take down the identified accounts and release user information to aid investigations.
In a 126 paragraphs affidavit supporting the motion, the claimant alleged that she has been subjected to sustained online attacks over several years by the defendants and operators of multiple blogs and Facebook pages.
She claimed that the publications included false allegations, manipulated photographs, insulting caricatures, AI-generated images, death wishes and comments designed to ridicule her and damage her public reputation.
Mary further alleged that despite serving legal notices on some of the defendants in 2025 demanding the removal of the publications, the alleged attacks intensified, with new pages allegedly being created to continue the campaign against her.
She also accused one of the defendants, whom she identified as her former lawyer, of disclosing confidential information obtained during the course of legal representation and publishing materials she described as defamatory and misleading.
According to the affidavit, the alleged online publications have negatively affected her business, brand endorsements and relationships with commercial partners. She further claimed that the posts exposed her family members to harassment, led to the circulation of private contact details and caused severe emotional distress, anxiety and fear for her safety.
The claimant urged the court to intervene by restraining the defendants from making further publications and ordering the removal of the disputed social media accounts and content.
Meanwhile, Justice Abdul-Raheem Tejumade Muyideen, has ordered that all the processes filed in the suit be served on all the defendants through their last known addresses, their email addresses, and other social media they are known with and other electronic media belonging to them
The judge has adjourned the matter for report of service.
It would be recalled that Queen May had sometimes in September 2025, issued a ‘cease and desist notice’, to both Emeka Ugwuonye (her former lawyer) and Yinka Omolola Theisen, over what she described as cyberbullying, cyberstalking and defamation.
Queen May in the ‘cease and desist’ notice, addresses to the dou through her legal representative, Greylaw and Partners, alleged that two individuals made several damaging online publications against her on social media platforms, including X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Facebook.
She said the posts had caused harm to her reputation and business interests.
In the letters separately addressed to both Ugwuonye and Theisen, her lawyers demanded that they stop making such publications, withdraw existing posts, issue a public apology, and publish a retraction on all platforms where the statements were made.
In the cease and desist’ notice, Queen May also sought financial compensation of N1 billion from Ugwuonye and N500 million from Theisen.
