Three young men, including two students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and a Junior High School (JHS) graduate, have been apprehended by police for allegedly engaging in sexual blackmail against a former KNUST student.
The accused individuals are Jerome Enyam, 19, from Fijai, and Ebenezer Adam, 19, from Kojokrom, both second-year students at KNUST, along with Alhaji Awudu Adams, 18, a JHS graduate from Fijai, Sekondi-Takoradi.
They face charges of Conspiracy to Commit a Crime, specifically Sexual Extortion, as per Section 23 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act, and under Section 66 of the Cyber Security Act.
According to reports, Enyam and Adam, students of Business Administration and Petrochemical Engineering respectively, allegedly conspired to extort money from their victim, a 20-year-old former KNUST student. The victim, the son of a senior official in a road construction firm in the Western Region, had recorded a private video with his girlfriend, which was later shared without his consent.
Enyam acquired the video through an airdrop and shared it with the other accused. They then allegedly demanded GH¢1,800 initially, and later GH¢2,500, to prevent the video’s release on social media.
Inspector Kaylin Yawson, the prosecutor, provided details during the court hearing on May 27, 2024, explaining how a mobile phone containing the video was seized from the accused.
The three suspects pleaded not guilty to the charges and were denied bail by Her Ladyship Harriet Charway of the Takoradi Circuit Court. The case has been adjourned to June 17, 2024, and the accused remain in police custody.
