Three hotel attendants namely, Sunday Okon, 23; Rita
Emmanuiel, 28; and Goodness Akpan 24; all staff of an
undisclosed hotel in the Ogudu area of Lagos were
on August 28th arraigned before an Ogudu
Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos for allegedly filming a
hotel customer's sex act on August 13th and using it
to blackmail him.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the
three accused persons used the hotel's CCTV to record
an unidentified man's sex act with his girlfriend. They
produced a DVD on it and used it to demand a
N10million ransom from the man. They also posted the
video on Facebook on Aug 13th and 23rd after the
man refused to pay up.
The suspects pleaded not guilty to the charges and
were granted N100,000 bail each with two sureties of
like sum. They were moved to the Kirikiri prison pending
the time they meet their bail conditions while the case
was adjourned till September 19th.
