LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) –A Nigerian, Muideen Olamilekan Teslim is currently undergoing trial for blackmailing a minor who lived in Magnolia, U.S until the minor shot and killed himself.
A Foreign Service National Investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI and second prosecution witness, PW2, Ayotunde Solademi in the trial on Monday, May 27, 2024, told Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how the defendant threatened to release the unclad pictures of his late victim, if he did not pay him the sum of $200.
Teslim is standing trial on a six-count charge bordering on possession of child pornography and sextortion brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Muideen Teslim Olamilekan (a.k.a joyamanda), on or about the 18th of April, 2022 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, intentionally had in your possession child pornography of a minor in your account joyamandan645@gmail.com and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 23(1)(e) of the of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015.”
According to a statement by the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, Amanda, the person speaking on the other side had a male voice.
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He was threatening that if he didn’t send the money, the picture would be released to the contacts.
“Thirty minutes after law enforcement agents left the victim’s house, a call was pulled through to the law enforcement by the victim’s parent that the victim shot himself in the head because of the incessant threat he received from the so-called Joy Amanda and he died.”
Narrating the steps taken by the law enforcement officers during investigations, the PW2 further told the court that “Legal processes were served by the FBI to Wink, Google and WhatsApp. Wink provided the email associated with Joy Amanda as joyamanda645@gmail.com.
FBI then proceeded to serve legal processes on Google with the email address of Joy Amanda and the username that was provided for payment that is muideenteslim278@gmail.com.
“The response from Gmail showed that the recovery email for Joy Amanda is a Glo phone number ending with 9664, while that of Muideen Teslim is an Airtel phone number ending with 5098.
“Google revealed that the IP address of Joy Amanda was coming from Nigeria. Likewise, WhatsApp responded that the phone number ended with 9664, a glo number.
“All the evidence and pictures were packaged into a petition and was submitted as one of the cases under Operation Artemis.
“Buhari, thereafter, asked the PW2 if he could identify the request from the office of the Legal Attache in the US consulate to prosecute under Nigerian Law written to the EFCC, as well as other evidence against the defendant.
“The prosecution counsel applied to tender the same and they were admitted as exhibits.
When PW2 was asked to confirm certain details on the exhibits, he said,“In Exhibit 7, the glo number attached to JoyAmanda645@gmail.com is 08071489664, while the Airtel number attached to muideenteslim278@gmail.com is 08127015068.
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“In Exhibit 6, the wallet number on the Opay account opening package of Muideen Teslim is 8071489664 and the BVN number is 22377813795“In Exhibit 3, on the google account personal info, the email address is joyamanda646@gmail.com and the phone number attached is 08071389664.”
He also confirmed the picture collage that Joy Amanda sent to the victim.
When asked during cross-examination by the defence counsel, A.J. Adejuwon, for the victim’s name, the witness said: “The name of the victim was withheld to protect the family’s privacy.
“The victim stayed in Magnolia, U.S A., before his death.”
The witness also clarified that the explicit photos were not shared with the EFCC to prevent further distribution.Upon discharge of PW2, Adejuwon applied before the court to file a no-case submission.Justice Dipeolu adjourned the matter to July 4, 2024 for ruling on no-case submission.