{"id":5454,"date":"2026-11-01T07:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/i-may-never-recover-blessing-ceo-mourns-late-son\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T07:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:46:57","slug":"i-may-never-recover-blessing-ceo-mourns-late-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/i-may-never-recover-blessing-ceo-mourns-late-son\/","title":{"rendered":"I may never recover, Blessing CEO mourns late son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Self-acclaimed relationship therapist and social media influencer, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has expressed grief over the death of her nine-year-old son, Bryan, saying she may never recover from the shock of losing him.\n<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional tribute shared on her Instagram handle on Sunday, the influencer reflected on the pain of losing her child, the promises she had made to him and the memories she would continue to cherish.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will keep living in denial, I miss you, bought the iPad I promised you, and also the bicycle,\u201d she wrote.\n<\/p>\n<p>Blessing CEO recalled the gifts she had promised to buy her son, expressing the pain of knowing that she would no longer have the opportunity to fulfil those promises while he was alive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2289444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2289444\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2289444\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1422\" height=\"1487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310-287x300.webp 287w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310-768x803.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310-688x720.webp 688w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310-313x327.webp 313w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310-459x480.webp 459w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310-255x267.webp 255w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310-150x157.webp 150w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310-60x63.webp 60w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083150\/IMG_0061_1793518310.webp 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2289444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blessing Ceo late son, Bryan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also imagined how Bryan would have waited for her to return home, a thought that appeared to deepen her sense of loss.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would have waited for mummy to come back \u2026\u201d she wrote.\n<\/p>\n<p>Describing the qualities she would always associate with her son, the influencer remembered him as a child whose kindness, confidence and intelligence had left a lasting impression on her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how I will forever remember you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelfless, kind, outspoken, bold and very intelligent,\u201d she wrote.\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite her grief, Blessing CEO expressed her belief that her son was in heaven, promising to preserve his memory wherever life takes her.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know you are in Heaven, but I promise to carry your memories everywhere I go,\u201d she added.\n<\/p>\n<p>She also admitted that the shock of his death remained difficult to come to terms with, describing him affectionately as her guardian angel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI miss you my baby, I will never recover from this shock.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest on my guardian angel. Bryan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSleep well my Dum Dum, mummy loves and miss you.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverywhere is so cold and quiet,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2289443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2289443\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2289443\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1422\" height=\"1467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308-291x300.webp 291w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308-768x792.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308-698x720.webp 698w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308-313x323.webp 313w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308-465x480.webp 465w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308-255x263.webp 255w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308-150x155.webp 150w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308-60x62.webp 60w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/01083148\/IMG_0063_1793518308.webp 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2289443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blessing CEO and her late son, Bryan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The tribute comes days after Blessing CEO spoke publicly about her son\u2019s death in an emotional interview following her release from custody.\n<\/p>\n<p>The influencer also recounted that her son had reportedly dreamt about his death and shared the dream with his brother, Darell, her sister, Precious, and her father, but not with her.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my son was alive, he dreamt that he died. He told his brother Darell and my sister Precious, who prayed for him. He also told my Dad, but he never told me,\u201d she was quoted as saying.\n<\/p>\n<p>Blessing CEO said she learnt while in custody that her son had been relying on two inhalers. She was reportedly informed that he died at a hospital at about 6:30am on a Monday.\n<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on her release from custody and the loss she returned home to face, she said the news had taken away the joy she might otherwise have felt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t come out to the best of news. I didn\u2019t come out excited because I lost something I couldn\u2019t get back,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n<p>She added that she had struggled with guilt but was trying to find the strength to move forward, holding on to the thought that her son would want her to make him proud.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came out knowing that wherever my son is, he wants to be proud of his mother,\u201d she added.\n<\/p>\n<p>Blessing CEO was released on bail in late October after spending months in custody over separate alleged fraud cases. The cases remain ongoing, and her release on bail does not amount to an acquittal.\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-acclaimed relationship therapist and social media influencer, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has expressed grief over the death of her nine-year-old son, Bryan, saying she may never recover&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}