A Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday sentenced a man, Ayan Olubunmi, to two years imprisonment for posting nude pictures of his ex-lover, Asare Monica on the social media.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo in his judgment also imposed a fine of N500,000 besides the two-year jail. He held that Ayan was found guilty of violating Section 24 (1) of the Cyber Crime Act
2015.
The judge ruled that the jail term takes immediate effect adding that he was lenient on the convict as maximum punishment for the office is three years in jail and a fine of N7 million according to the Cyber Crime Act.Justice Taiwo noted that the court tempered justice with mercy because of the plea of the convict’s counsel that he is a first offender and a family man.
Counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, Mrs. O. Oyewole, had told the court that Ayan had threatened to post nude photos of his ex-girlfriend, Monica on the social media in 2017 when the woman signified her intent to withdraw from the love affair.
Mrs. Oyewole disclosed that Monica, a single lady, had pleaded with Ayan, who is married with children not to carry out the threat with the convict demanding N200,000 from her so as not to release her nude photos to the outside world.
The convict eventually uploaded Monica’s nude photos on various social media platforms when the lady could not pay him the N200,000 demanded.
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