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Community Leaders Bag 5 Years Imprisonment For Blackmailing Osun Ex-Speaker
A Federal High Court based in Osogbo has sentenced five individuals who engaged in blackmail and fraud against the former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoye, to five years imprisonment.
The perpetrators defrauded the ex-speaker of the sum of N38 million and maliciously released a nude video of the politician while allegedly having a ‘ritual bath’ in public.
The incident dates back to 2018 when the blackmailers released a 13-second nude video that quickly went viral on the internet.
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In the video, Owoye, who represented Ilesa East at the State Assembly, was seen being accosted by a group of individuals.
The individuals alleged that he was involved in a ritual bath in a market square, which they claimed was meant to ensure his success in the 2019 General elections.
The convicted individuals, namely Kazeem Agbabiaka, Femi Oyebode, Abdul-Rasheed Ojonla, Babatunde Oluajo, Adebiyi Kehinde, along with Oyebanji Oyeniyi and Ismaila Azeez, were initially arraigned in court on October 19th, 2018.
Throughout the trial, the prosecution presented 57 exhibits such as flash drives and bank statements from Guarantee Trust Bank, WEMA Bank, and First Bank, among others.
On Tuesday, Justice Emmanuel Ayoola who found five of the accused guilty of conspiracy, advance fee fraud, and cyberstalking, among others, sentenced them to five years each.
