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By Amah<\/p>\n

Kindly share:<\/p>\n

A 24-year-old indigene of Osun State, Abolore Lawal, is at risk of life imprisonment following his extradition to the United States over allegations of sextorting and blackmailing a teenager into committing suicide.<\/p>\n

PUNCH Metro\u00a0learnt from a statement obtained on the US Attorney\u2019s office website on Tuesday that Lawal was extradited to the US on Friday with the assistance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.<\/p>\n

The suspect was said to have allegedly posed as a young woman on social media to coerce the 17-year-old victim into sending compromising photographs of himself.<\/p>\n

The statement noted that after Lawal obtained the photographs, he allegedly used them to blackmail the victim by threatening to leak the photos unless the teenager sent him money.<\/p>\n

He was also accused of reaching out to the victim\u2019s family, harassing and coercing them into sending him money.<\/p>\n

The Columbia Justice Department noted that the matter came to light after the victim committed suicide as a result of coercion from Lawal.<\/p>\n

The statement said, \u201cThis investigation was launched after Gavin Guffey, a 17-year-old from Rock Hill, died by suicide in July 2022 after being victimised by Lawal\u2019s scheme.” Punch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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