Columbia, SC (WCIV) – A Nigerian man is extradited to the United States and is accused of causing the death of a teenager in South Carolina who has taken his life after a suspect posed as a woman and tried to blackmail the teenager after sending naked photos, prosecutors say.
The teenager was the son of South Carolina, respectively. Brandon Guffy, who has passed a state law, turning a crime and is a vowel critic of how social media companies fail to protect minors from sexual exploitation and online attacks.
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American Senator Lindsay Graham has expressed the approval of the Nigerian man to be accused of extradition of sexuality to the United States to be tested.
“Gavin tragically committed suicide as a result of this scheme of sex, and I am grateful to the federal and state law enforcement authorities that traced the perpetrator of this terrible crime,” Graham said.
“I met with Gavin’s father, South Carolina State Representative Brandon Guffy, last year when the Senate Judiciary Committee called into question the executive directors of major technology for what they do to protect children online. I know that Brandon and His whole family is equally pleased that the alleged perpetrator will be a face of justice.
“Similar cases where young people are lured to take explicit pictures just to be cheated later, they have to cope. Therefore, I am adamant that social media companies that allow this behavior to be, to be Responsible.
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In a courtroom in Colombia on Monday, Guffy had to face 24-year-old Hasanbunhusane Aloor Loaul, who was brought to the United States by Nigeria on Saturday.
Lawal is accused of operating children, leading to death. He has been confronted with 30 years in prison if he is convicted. Nigeria would only extradite Lawal if the US did not seek the death penalty.
He is also accused of producing and spreading sexual abuse materials, coercion and lureing of a minor, cyberstoking leading to death and interstate threats with the intention of blackmailing.
Editorial note: The Associated Press contributed to this report.