A church protocol officer has been arrested by the Police in Lagos for
allegedly blackmailing female members of his church with their nude
photos.
The suspect identified as Victor Duru was arrested in Surulere on
Thursday, after he continually blackmailed a lady reported to be his
girlfriend.
Church staff arrested for blackmailing female members with their nudes
One of his girlfriends reported him at RRS Headquarter. Duru, 23, was
investigated and discovered to have been using the nude photographs to
blackmail her in exchange for money.
It was also discovered that the suspect was keeping the nude
photographs of other girls while lodging them in hotels and his
apartment in Ijeshatedo.
Sources revealed that the suspect obtained the nude photographs of the
victim with the assistance of a third party at gunpoint, while there
is a growing suspicion that Duru also laced the drink of another girl
with sleeping drug
The suspect in his disclosure stated “she was my girlfriend. We are
same church member. We have been dating for almost two years. We were
having break up issues. .
“So, I invited her to an hotel in Ijeshatedo. I excused myself and
invited my friend, Frank Obinna, to meet me in the hotel. Obinna and I
had this planned together.
The gun was a toy gun. She entered the hotel room and held the lady at
gun point. I told her to cooperate, naked her for Obinna to take her
pictures. We took seven different shots of her in the nude with my
phone. I discharged her that day. This was in September.
By early October, 2019, I called her to give me N80,000 or I would
throw the nude photographs online. She was only able to offer me
N10,000.Last week, Obinna called her again and requested for N40,000.
.
She promised to send something. She was a wonderful girl that had been
assisting me before the problem started. On many occasions, she has
assisted me financially.”
