Nude photos: Teenager arrested for blackmailing Salawa Abeni
NEWS DIGEST – Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a 19-year-old National Diploma holder of the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, for plotting to blackmail popular artiste, Salawa Abeni.
The suspect, Olufowoke Emmanuel, said to be a resident of Ogun State, was picked up by the decoy team of the RRS last Thursday.
The police were said to have been trailing Emmanuel for three days.
The artiste recently went on social media to raise the alarm over plans to blackmail her with her nude photos.
She posted her WhatsApp conversation with the suspect and the purported old photos he planned to use for the blackmail.
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The Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, was said to have in April 2020, directed the Commander, RRS, DCP Olatunji Disu, to fish out the blackmailer.
After the technical diagnosis of the complaint, the decoy team was said to have narrowed down on him.
The police said Emmanuel could not be picked immediately because of the prevalence of the COVID-19, adding that he was later arrested.
The suspect, in his statement to the police, allegedly confessed to the crime, saying he wanted to extort money from the artiste.
The Electrical Engineering graduate, reportedly said he saw the nude pictures in a memory card he picked up on the floor in YABATECH in November 2019.
He added that after downloading the photographs on his phone, he got Abeni’s mobile number from her Instagram page.
