A 35 -year- old man, Michael Atanda, who has been threatening to
expose nude pictures of four ladies on the social media if they fail to
pay money into his account has been arrested in Lagos State
Atanda, a computer science National Diploma holder and a father of 3, was arrested on Thursday
He Operating as Segun Bayo on facebook and a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo
University Ile – Ife, Atanda said he went about adding several ladies on
facebook. And, that 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
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 pretended 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. I would begin to extort and blackmail them.
Through this means, I have collected over N121, 000:00 from my latest victims.
I was jailed last years in a similarly circumstance after fraudulently
collecting N700, 000:00 from a lady I met through a dating site. I was
eventually bailed but the case is still pending in court” he confessed.
He further confessed that ” I have collected only 10,000:00 from
Funmilola, Motunrayo, N6,000, Joy, N5,000 and Lizzy, N100,000:00”.
A source within RRS disclosed that 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.
The source added that even though, investigators have reached out to
more victims after checking the suspect’s facebook conversations with a
number of ladies.
All of them have refused to come forward, after confirming they were paying the suspect through his bank statement.
The source added that out the 210 friends on his Facebook, over 195 are young ladies.
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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