Three persons have been nabbed by the Anambra State Police Command in connection with the assault of one Okafor Ogochukwu of Osile village Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.

Information gathered by News Express has it that Okafor was invited for a visit by her Facebook boyfriend but unknown to her, it was a set-up.

According to a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Haruna Mohammed, Okafor on arrival at the home of the Facebook friend Ifeanyi Azota at Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of the state, was confronted by a woman who emerged from the room, claiming to be the wife of Azota.

Mrs. Azota thereupon locked her up in the house and went and engaged the services of her friends who returned to the house with her and attacked the visitor, beating her to a pulp.

A family source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said: “The woman was stripped, beaten to a pulp and her nude video sent on the social media.

“We tried to intervene but her assailants stopped everybody from coming in until they accomplished their mission and pushed the woman out of the gate naked.”

Confirming the incident, Mohammed said that the three persons have been arrested in connection with the matter.

His words: “One Okafor Ogochukwu of Osile village Ogidi reported at Central Police Station Awka that she was invited by her male Facebook friend, one Ifeanyi Azota, to his house at Ezimezi village in Amawbia.

“All of a sudden a woman who claimed to be his wife, Azotani Tochukwu, appeared into the house with her friend, one Ogochukwu Nwankwo (female) and locked her inside the bathroom for almost four hours and left.

“The women later came back with two big canes and opened the bathroom.

“While the suspect’s friend, one Ogochukwu Nwankwo, stripped her naked and flogged her severally, the principal suspect was busy videotaping the incident and thereafter pushed her out from the compound naked.”

The PPRO said the complainant further alleged that the principal suspect, Azotani Tochuckwu, called her on phone the following day and demanded for the sum of N60,000 or they would post her nude video on the internet.

He added that when the complainant refused to pay the money as requested, Azotani actualised her threat and posted the naked video to the internet, after which the video went viral.

He said the scene of the incident had been visited by police detectives attached to Central Police Station Awka, assuring that the suspects would be charged to court when investigation is completed.

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