May Edochie, the estranged wife of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie, has taken legal action against her former brother-in-law’s estranged fiancée, Yinka Theisen.
On her Instagram page, she shared a screenshot of her cease and desist against Yinka for cyber stalking, cyber bullying, gaslighting, malicious falsehood, public shaming and defamation.
Through her lawyers, May demanded that Yinka desist from making or publishing any further defamatory or malicious statements against her, withdraw her posts or publications, issue a clear apology, and publish a full retraction.
Her lawyers further demanded that Yinka make payment of N500,000,000 as damages for the malicious publications made against her.
This legal action is coming hours after May filed a suit against her former lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, accusing him of cyberbullying, defamation, and cyber stalking. She demanded N1 billion in damages as compensation for the alleged harm caused.
Yinka married Linc in June 2025 and immediately began publicly showing love to Yul Edochie and Judy Austin, a move that did not go down well with supporters of May Edochie.
In June, Linc had distanced himself from Yinka following her attacks on May Edochie. He made it known that he doesn’t endorse May’s attacks or posting her number online, which had triggered meaningless retaliation. Yul’s elder brother added that it is better to be alone and at peace than to be in a union filled with landmines.
Reacting to his public statement, Yinka expressed sadness at how a man she loves can throw her under the bus over an argument because of fear. Yinka added that since he cowardly embarrassed her on social media, she will respond in kind.
In her first interview, Yinka said she didn’t like how the family threw her under the bus and believes it’s because she is Yoruba. She noted how she was accused of leaking the phone numbers of the oldest Edochie son and another family member, which she denied. She alleged that Rita Edochie is pretending to be on May Edochie’s side while instigating problems for May behind the scenes.