The blackmailers accused Otedola of having an extra marital affair with a female Nigerian musician, which they threatened to expose on social media, unless he pays them. They also accused him of giving his daughter to billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote, as sex toy.
IRT investigations revealed that the accused are owners of Naijagistlive.com, a gossip website which they used in blackmailing and extorting huge sums of money in foreign currencies from several top politicians, governors, bankers, businessmen and musicians.
The sisters, alleged to be high-price call girls, operated from a suite in a popular five-star hotel, located at Victoria Island area of Lagos. The girls pay the sum of N178, 000 per night. It was also from this hotel they extorted the sum of $ 300,000 from a top politician from the North. The girls allegedly threatened to post on social media nude pictures and videos of the northern politician having sex.
A source said: “The suspects usually contacts their victims through internet calls and after several stalking and negotiations, make them pay the agreed amount, using PayPal, an American online payment system. The sisters and their Nigerian collaborator ran out of luck when they attempted to blackmail, Otedola and his daughter, DJ Cuppy.
“They confronted Otedola with pictures and videos, alleging he was having an extra marital affair with a popular Nigeria female musician. They threatened to expose it on the Internet. They also accused him of giving out his daughter DJ Cuppy to billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote to have fun with.”
The allegations infuriated Otedola, who reported the matter to the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Idris instructed IRT operatives to investigate the matter.
Oyebade, 43, the only male and Nigerian among them, was first arrested. He admitted to have designed the website naijagistlive.com.
He, however, told police that he was unaware that the website was used for blackmailing. He explained that he was contacted by someone he had never met before through his email to design the website.
He explained that payment for the designing of the website was brought to him through a taxi driver he had never met before.
The taxi driver, who delivered the money to Oyebade was trailed and arrested by the IRT operatives.
He told IRT that he was instructed to deliver the money through a phone number given to him by a receptionist at the hotel where the sisters resides. The operatives swiftly moved into the hotel and found the receptionist who led them to the sisters.
The sisters allegedly confessed to crime, pleading for clemency. They also volunteered to shut down the website, vowing not to engage in such act again.
The accuse persons were brought before Chief Magistrate A.O. Ojo, on a four count charge, bordering on blackmail, threat to kidnap and cyber-stalking.
When they were brought before Yaba Chief Magistrate Court, on a hold-charge, the magistrates, who didn't take their pleas as their charges were read to them, granted a N500,000 bail to the accuse with two sureties in like sum. The matter was adjoined to January 25, 2017, for further hearing.
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