Three hotel employees identified as 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 recording a hotel customer’s sex act on August 13th and using it to blackmail him.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the accused persons used the hotel’s CCTV to record a sex session between an unidentified man and his partner. They produced a DVD on it and used it as a tool to blackmail him, demanding a huge ransom of N10million.
When the man refused to pay up the said amount, they posted the video on Facebook.
However, the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail at the sum of N100,000 each with two sureties of like sum. They were however moved to the Kirikiri prison pending the time they meet their bail conditions.
The case was the adjourned till September 19th.