Amarah Kennedy, accused of leaking the nude photos of women he was romantically involved with, has been arrested in Lagos State.
A reliable source in the state police command noted that he was taken into custody by the Gender Unit of the Police Headquarters in Lagos.
It was also gathered that the suspect’s prosecution would follow momentarily.
According to the police source close to the investigation, Kennedy dated multiple single women whose nude photos he obtained and used to extort money from them through blackmail.
“When they would stop sending him money, he would send the photos to someone on Facebook,” the source said.
“He would go to the lady’s Facebook page and send one of the photos to her friends. When she finds out, she would quickly send him money.
“He continued to do that until he sent it to the church WhatsApp group of a widow. He also sent it to the lady’s late husband’s in-laws.”
Only two of about 10 ladies who were victims of Kennedy’s alleged exploitation are willing to pursue his prosecution, our correspondent was told.
Recall the police had advised him to submit himself to prove his innocence over the alleged posting of nude photos of two women on social media.
On Wednesday, spokesperson of the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin tweeted that the state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa met with one of the victims, a widow, on Tuesday in his office.
“The CP, while assuring the survivor of justice, has directed the Police Medical Services, Lagos State Command to provide her with adequate psychosocial support.
“The suspect is advised to submit himself to prove his innocence and failure to do so will result in deploying all law enforcement machinery available to secure his apprehension and prosecution accordingly,” Hundeyin said
