A sex-for-job scammer using hidden cameras, is now in the hands of the police, after about 12 ladies have already fallen victim.
Posing on social media as a prominent Nigerian with high net worth connections, he lured job-seeking females, got them to succumb to his romantic and sex demands for employment.
But he would then turn into a blackmail, extorting money from them, failing which he would post the videos online.
The Lagos State Police Command, says the sex for job ring ran by 32-year-old Iweka Chigoziem Nnamdi, was a sophisticated one, which has already harvested many influential ladies.
Before that, Nnamdi, a graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, created fake Facebook and email accounts impersonating business mogul Mike Adenuga, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim, and Ghanaian actor Van Vicker, among others
It bust the scheme after the suspect exposed a sex video on the Facebook timeline of one of his victims, a 27-year-old banker identified simply as “Judith”
She reportedly lost her treasured relationship and suffered reverses in her health.
He would advertise bogus job openings, obtain applications and then schedule appointments with female applicants.
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He chose venues around the Lekki axis and would introduce himself as a personal assistant (PA) to the prominent figure and demand sex in exchange for the service of facilitating such applications.
His sexual encounters were recorded by the hidden cameras which automatically activate once the ceiling fans are switched on
His sordid deeds came to the open following his arraignment at the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on an eight-count charge including impersonation, extortion, threat to life, breach of peace, and unlawful carnal knowledge. He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail of N200,000 with two sureties .
Among those who testified were one married woman, identified simply as Mrs Abubakar, another Judith, all sharing shocking and devastating accounts of blackmail, impersonation and extortion.
It was the same Judith that the police used as bait for Nnamdi, successfully nabbing him in a hotel in Ajah on April 21 in a hotel at Ajah, Police spokesperson Ngozi Braide said.
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