Vengeful Lagos businessman, Amara Kennedy, who resorted to revenge porn to insult and humiliate his estranged lovers, has given terms to surrender to the police.
Kennedy has been in hiding since his heinous actions became public knowledge and became a constant subject of social media discourse and mainstream media reporting.
Inside Nigeria, he reported how Kennedy posted nude photos of his former lovers – which he secretly took while having sex with them – all over social media and instant messaging platforms, threatening to ruin their lives for daring to reveal what he had done.
His victims, identified simply as Kester and Temi, met him on social media platforms at different times and fell in love with him after he promised them marriage and showered their children with gifts.
However, after disagreements He shared a nude photo with them and demanded money, threatening to make the photo go viral.
Despite collecting one hundred and forty thousand from Kester, a widow, and fifteen thousand from Temi, he posted the images on Facebook and WhatsApp.
One of his victims, Kester, a widow, said she was so traumatized and devastated by Kennedy’s heinous act that she contemplated suicide but had to put the thought aside because my daughter.
After reports about him in the media on Sunday spread.
He became furious and vowed to continue destroying the image of women.
He subsequently posted Kester’s nudes on his church’s WhatsApp group platform and office social media pages.
After consecutive days of receiving countless media reports and harsh criticism on social media, he says he is now ready to make peace with his victims.
However, he said that this would only be possible if the media, especially Punch, stopped covering the issue and the police washed their hands of the case.
The forty four-year-old man said he was ready to come out but needed an assurance that the police would stay away from the case.
Kennedy, who hails from the Umunze community in Anambra State, stated these in a chat with Punch.
Kennedy said he stopped distributing the photos.
Reacting, she wrote: “You need to stop writing about me too.
If you want I will do what you suggested.
I saw the story this morning (Wednesday) and was wondering where all this information is coming from, unfortunately now whatever I say will be my word against theirs.
“I’m not asking you to stop writing; I tell the stories you write about me every day.
Could you stop that? Let me figure this out.
“I want to resolve this matter from the police.
I’ll do anything to make peace, but I want this problem solved outside of the police.
However, a punch reporter who spoke to him said he will stop only after the businessman surrenders to the police.
He then promised to be at command headquarters on Friday.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Ido Owohonwa, had earlier asked the suspect to come forward to prove his innocence at the command headquarters.
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