Mr. Ambrose Igboke, the chairman of Guild of Public Affairs Analysts of Nigeria, GPAAN, has raised alarm over the threat of he’s getting from a blackmailer who’s bent on tarnishing his name.
Igboke in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu, said the blackmailer with the phone number, 09132832733 and WhatsApp number 09043546122 threatened to kill him and his family members if he fails to send him money.
The GPAAN Chairman narrated that when he wasn’t bulging, the blackmailer took the threat a step further and threatened to spread his “pictures on social media and superimpose them with that of a child. These, he said, he will use to maliciously and falsely spread a wicked lie that I raped a 6-year old girl, then paint me as a rapist.”
The statement reads:
“A Blackmailer with telephone numbers 09132832733 (okpo man on Truecaller ID) and 09043546122 (whatsapp line), has been blackmailing me since the 12th of March, 2023.
“He threatened to kill me and my family members if I do not send him money. When I didn’t budge, he sent me a message stating that he will spread my pictures on social media and superimpose them with that of a child. These, he said, he will use to maliciously and falsely spread a wicked lie that I raped a 6-year old girl, then paint me as a rapist.
“In furtherance of his evil intent of blackmail he sent me an account number to pay into. The account number is: 7060710004, an account with Palmpay. A search revealed that the account owner is one SIMON CHIKA OKORO.
“I wish to use this medium to state emphatically that the Blackmailer, with his malicious lies against my person, will not be allowed to stand. I have therefore, gone ahead to publish this for you to disregard any malicious information you may see against my person. I have worked hard as a responsible citizen and passionate Nigerian. I will not sit idle and watch a malicious and evil Blackmailer destroy my reputation.
“I will not be held captive by any blackmailer. I say No to blackmail. I urge you my friends to use your contacts, media reach and social media handles to spread this message. We must work to collectively fight back Blackmailers whose stock in trade is to instill fear, extort money and damage the hard earned reputation of decent members of the society.”
