A 25 years old man, Adetoro Kazeem, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for blackmail and extortion.
Kazeem is a resident of 2, Paara Street, Alakia area of Ibadan.
The suspect was arrested following a report by one Gloria Ogunnupebi at Obalende divisional headquarters, Ijebu Ode, that, in the month of May 2021, she received a message from a strange, foreign number, via a voice note on her WhatsApp that she should send the sum of N200,000 to him or else her nude picture would be uploaded on social media for public consumption.
She stated further that to prevent the caller from exposing her to moral and public ridicule, she sent the said amount to him, with the hope that everything was over.
She said surprisingly, the person continued demanding money from her every two weeks.
She said he had extorted her up to the tune of N7,363,900.
She explained further that she decided to report to the police when she got tired of the continuous extortion and started contemplating suicide.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Obalende Division, SP Salami Murphy, mobilised his crack detectives to go after the suspect.
The detectives embarked on intelligence and technical base investigation, and they successfully traced the suspect to his hideout in Ibadan, Oyo State, where he was apprehended.
On interrogation, the suspect who confessed to committing the crime informed the investigators that he had many OPAY accounts with different names through which he used to receive money from his victims.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Cp Edward Awolowo Ajogun, who commended the detectives for a job well done has ordered an in depth investigation into the past activities of the suspect with a view to charging him to court as soon as possible.
