Anambra State Police Command has arrested four suspected syndicate members for allegedly extorting money from individuals through blackmail.
Police Public Relations Officer DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, in a statement made available to THE DAILY VENDOR Newspaper on Thursday said the suspects, two males and two females specialised in taking nude pictures of victims and threatening to post them online unless they paid money.
He gave the suspects’ names as Okechukwu Ogoejiofor, 36, Nonso Nwizu, 34, Esther Nwafor lfeanyichukwu, 21 and Obianuju Nduba, 20.
He said the suspects were arrested at Ajakpani village, Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area for alleged conspiracy, demanding with menaces and stealing, saying they would be charged once investigations were concluded.
Ikenga said the suspects used social media to lure their unsuspecting male victims into fake love/friendship affairs and thereafter take them to a room where they engage them in foreplay.
According to him, Obianuju Nduba engaged the victim in a foreplay while other members of the gang forced themselves into the room.
“They take nude pictures and videos of the victims, which they use to force the victims into transferring huge sums of money to them.
“They usually threaten to publish the nude pictures and videos on social media if the victims fail to comply and also dispossess the individual of his personal belongings,” he stated.
The PPRO warned members of the public to be wary of the activities of criminal elements who have taken their trade to social media.
