A 24 year old Civil Servant, Abu Darda Yunus, who threatened to post nude video of his fiancee (names withheld) social media has been convicted and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.
Abu Darda was convicted by the Chief Magistrate Court I in Adamawa state for extorting his fiancee of the sum of N746, 000 after threatening to post or share her nude video on social media.
The Kogi State Civil Servant who resides at Gegu, Kogi Local Government Area, was charged before the court on the 14th March, 2022, for extortion contrary to section 283 of Adamawa State penal code law.
Earlier, the convict's fiancee who resides within Jimeta in Yola North LGA reported the incident to the State Intelligence Bureau(SIB) in Yola on the 4th March, 2022.
She narrated that on the 21st October, 2021, her fiance(Abu Darda) called her on phone with number 07061351970 and requested her nude video.
She said that out of love, she agreed and produced the video and sent to him via WhatsApp with a promise that he will not share it with anybody.
The lady added that to her utter disappointment, her fiance later threatened to post the video on social media as a result of which he extorted the said amount of money from her.
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that the lady paid the sum of N746, 000 to the convict so as not to risk her nakedness being posted on social media.
When arraigned before Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Mohammed Digil, by Inspector Nurudeen Abubakar, the convict admitted committing the offence.
Thereafter, the court convicted and sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment with an option of N150, 000 fine, and also ordered him to pay the sum of N746, 000 compensation to the lady.
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