Update from

Charlotte Delhi, a 19-year-old undergraduate of Bayelsa Varsity is being probed by the Department of State Services (DSS) for blackmailing ex-permanent secretary of the State Ministry of Education, Dr. Walton Liverpool and allegedly releasing his nude video on the internet.

She is being accused of blackmailing Liverpool, to extort the sum of N15 million him, Siggy reports.

The DSS, in the suit numbered FHC/YNG/33C/2021, filed one count against the defendant, alleging that she engaged in cyber-stalking with the intention of blackmail, which is contrary to Section 24(2)c and punishable under subparagraph (b) of the cybercrime (prohibition, prevention, etc) Act, 2015.

The charge read to the defendant said, “That you, Charlotte Delhi on the 14th day of September, 2021 in Yenagoa within the jurisdiction of this honourable court for the purpose of extorting the sum of N15 million from Dr. Walton Liverpool, intentionally posted a video showing the naked appearance of the said Dr. Walton Liverpool on a WhatsApp group tagged 'Off Liverpool' with an Iphone7 plus mobile phone and GSM. No. 08084267342.”

The Defendant, Delhi, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Principal Legal Officer of the DSS, Victor Uchendu Esq, a former Attorney-General of Bayelsa State and counsel for the Defendant, A.S. Arthur Esq disagreed on the issue of bail application but agreed that the trial should enjoy accelerated hearing.

Victor Uchendu Esq argued that the defence counsel had just a few hours before the trial handed him the application for bail process.

He also said the key witness to the case was not in good health condition, therefore, seeking the judge’s leave for adjournment.

"I was served the bail application two hours before the court sitting and there was no time for me to study the weighty allegations," he said.

Meanwhile, Arthur argued that the defence team would have loved for the presiding Judge to hear the application for bail based on the age and gender of the accused.

"She has been in detention for over 13 days," he noted, adding the DSS had refused to grant her lawyers access to her.

The Presiding Judge, Justice Isa Dashen however adjourned the suit for hearing to Thursday, October 21, 2021, and ordered that the accused be remanded in the State Correctional Centre in Okaka.

The nude video of Liverpool was allegedly circulated on social media by the accused reportedly after the refusal of her victim to succumb to blackmail.

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My son, keep your father’s command,
and do not forsake the law of your mother.

Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.

When you roam, they will lead you;
When you sleep, they will keep you;
And when you awake, they will speak with you.

For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light reproofs of instruction are the way of life, to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a seductress.

Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a loaf of bread and an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

Prov 6: 20-27