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Police Expose 17-Year-Old Hacker Who Hacked Celeb Accounts and Sold Explicit Content in Delta
By Lawrence Agbo
The Delta State Police Command has uncovered a case involving a 17-year-old boy who allegedly hacked into celebrities’ WhatsApp accounts and sold explicit materials to fellow students.
Divisional Police Officer of Ugborikoko Division, Uvwie LGA, Temi Agbede-Zuokumor, disclosed the incident on Friday during a security awareness programme with comedian Otaghware Onodjayeke, popularly known as I Go Save.
According to the DPO, the case surfaced during a routine phone check on a student. The boy’s mother initially claimed the phone belonged to his sister, but officers grew suspicious.
“The woman looked very modest, so I asked her if she was from Deeper Life. She said no. I then asked why her son took a phone to school, and she claimed it belonged to his sister,” Agbede-Zuokumor said.
A search of the device revealed it belonged to the boy. Police found over 80 foreign numbers, including Australian contacts, and the phone was “filled with pornographic content.”
“We saw several foreign numbers, over 80 Australian lines, and the phone was filled with pornographic content,” she said.
Investigations showed the teen was selling explicit materials to classmates, who referred to him as “boss.”
“We also saw chats with his classmates asking if he had explicit content to sell. They were calling him ‘boss’ in school,” she added.
The DPO further revealed that the suspect had accessed WhatsApp accounts of prominent individuals and used them to solicit money from unsuspecting victims.
“We discovered he had access to WhatsApp accounts of some celebrities, which he used to demand money from unsuspecting victims,” she said.
During the session, I Go Save shared a similar experience of being contacted by a fraudster impersonating Elon Musk.
“That was how someone impersonating Elon Musk messaged me, saying he was stranded and needed a recharge card,” he said. “I was surprised and asked which network he used. The person later sent an Opay account.”
Police have urged parents and school authorities to increase vigilance, citing the growing sophistication of cyber-related crimes among young people.
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