Faith Mwikali Ndiwa addresses journalists at the Milimani Law Courts on September 9, 2026, after being acquitted in the Sh25 million fraud and forgery case.

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A businesswoman who claimed in court that her marriage collapsed after she befriended a Nigerian tycoon who later had her charged with allegedly defrauding him of Sh25 million has been cleared of wrongdoing by the Milimani Law Court.

Ms Faith Mwikali Ndiwa, alias Faith Nguthu, walked to freedom on September 9, 2026, after Magistrate Caroline Mugo ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against her.

Nguthu, who has expressed interest in contesting the Nairobi woman representative seat, spoke of the frustrations, embarrassment and woes she said befell her after she allegedly befriended Nigerian investor Jude Olabaya Veracruz, a bank chief executive in Nigeria.

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She claimed she was kicked out of her marriage after the father of her three children discovered that she was involved with the investor.

“My husband chased me away after social media splashed the information that I was seeing a Nigerian investor, Veracruz,” Nguthu told the Milimani Law Courts.

Faith Mwikali Ndiwa alias Faith Nguthu, at the Milimani courts on September 9, 2026, where she was acquitted in a Sh25m fraud case.

She also claimed the foreigner had imposed himself on her after learning that she was a successful businesswoman running a chemist and spa while working in the ticketing department at Wilson Airport.

“Indeed, the Nigerian was my friend after we met through the spa business. He developed an interest in me and forced a relationship on me, which I declined,” she said.

📰 Source: Nation Africa