- Safiu Kehinde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has nabbed a self-acclaimed spiritualist over alleged sextortion of an Indian woman.
The suspect identified as Odigie Moses, was alleged to have blackmailed and collected a total of $1,100 from the woman after threatening to leak her nude video
He was arrested in Ekpoma, Edo State.
According to a statement issued on the EFCC’s official X handle on Friday, the suspect, who misrepresented himself on Zelle, a social media platform as possessing spiritual healing powers, was contacted by his victim who was in need of spiritual intervention on some life-threatening challenges.
The suspect subsequently deceived her into taking a naked spiritual bath, which he recorded live without her permission, and thereafter blackmailed her to send him money, else he would make the video public.
Investigation by the EFCC revealed that the victim had to pay the sum of $1,100 to the suspect in order to prevail on him not to release her nudity to the public.
The commission said he will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.