A young man is being made to pay for his folly after using n*ked photos of certain women to blackmail them.
Michael Atanda
Michael Atanda, a 35 -year- old man, has been arrested.
The man was arrested for extorting money from four ladies with threat to expose their nude pictures on the social media.
According to The Nation, Atanda, a computer science National
Diploma holder of a popular computer school based in Ikeja, was arrested
on Thursday by the surveillance Team of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS)
of Lagos State Police Command after about five days of baiting and
monitoring.
The Police in a press statement said the accused, ex – convict and
father of three, had collected N121,000:00 from his four girlfriends
with the threat but wanted the ladies to pay more or have their nude
pictures leaked on social media.
The suspect who bears Segun Bayo on facebook and a graduate of
Obafemi Awolowo University Ile – Ife, reportedly said he usually adds
several ladies on Facebook and after two weeks, he would start chatting
with them.
“The profile picture on my facebook account is that of a guy
based in London, and so as part of my introductions to ladies, I tell
them that, I am a Construction Engineer as well as that my parents and I
are living in Europe” the suspect said.
” After sometime, I would lure them into sexual conversations
during which, I persuaded them to send their nude pictures to me. They
would send and I would send mine to them too.
” Before that I would pretend that I was seeking a serious
relationship with them, and that very soon, I would be coming to Abuja
on a business trip, during which I would see them.
“I would again feign my seriousness by calling them with the
aid of computer software that transforms my Nigerian line into an
international line. Meanwhile, I would warn them that I was calling
through a public phone booth.
” As soon as they have sent their nude pictures, I would come
up with all manners of stories. And begin to extort and blackmail them.
Through this means, I have collected over N121, 000:00 from my latest
victims.
” I was jailed last year in a similar circumstance after
fraudulently collected N700, 000:00 from a lady I met through a dating
site. I was eventually bailed but the case is still pending in the
court” he confessed .
” I have collected only 10,000:00 from Funmilola, Motunrayo, N6,000, Joy, N5,000 and Lizzy, N100,000:00” .
Apart from Lizzy, who reported the incident but declined to press
charges, three other suspects, who were discovered during
investigations, acknowledged on phone calls they have been paying the
suspect so that he doesn’t leak their nude photographs online.
Though, investigators have reached out to more victims after
checking the suspect’s facebook conversations with a number of ladies,
all of them have reportedly refused to come forward, after confirming
they were paying the suspect through his bank statement.
Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer,
Suprintendent Dolapo Badmos, said that the Police were carrying out a
thorough investigation on the case to aid prosecution.
The suspect has been transferred to SCID for further investigations.
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