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EFCC Arrests Benue Gov’s Aide Over Sextortion


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday announced the arrest of the Special Adviser to the Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research, and Planning, Dr. Mkor Aondona, for alleged sextortion and cyberbullying.

In a statement released by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, Aondona was arrested on Friday in Makurdi following claims of some female students accusing the governor’s aide of unethical and criminal behaviour involving sexual exploitation, cyberbullying, and blackmail.

The anti-graft agency said the petitioners alleged that Aondona was routinely recruiting slim and attractive girls for ushering jobs and insisted on sexual favours as a condition for selection.

Oyewale added that the victims claimed that he secretly recorded sexual encounters without their consent and used the footage to coerce them into continued sexual relations under threat of exposure.

He further stated that allegations suggest that Aondona distributed some of the videos via messaging platforms without the knowledge or permission of the victims.

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He disclosed that the suspect will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.

The statement read, “Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research, and Planning, Dr. Mkor Aondona for alleged sextortion and cyberbullying.

“He was arrested on Friday, June 20, 2025, in Makurdi following claims of some female students accusing the governor’s aide of unethical and criminal behaviour involving sexual exploitation, cyberbullying and blackmail.

“The petitioners alleged that Aondona was routinely recruiting slim and attractive girls for ushering jobs and insisted on sexual favours as a condition for selection.

“Based on this, they became vulnerable to having sexual affairs with him, but unknown to them, he had videos of every sexual act without their consent and was always threatening to leak the videos if they refused to continue having sex with him.

“Aondona was also alleged to be involved in blackmail—sending explicit videos of the girls allegedly recorded without their knowledge or consent through several messaging platforms. Some of the videos are said to be in circulation,” he said.



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