Award winning Zambian photographer Chellah Tukuta, has defended himself after uploading several partial nude pictures on social media yesterday.

The photos showing him in his boxers went viral and some social media enthusiasts expressed dismay at him after seeing the images.

But in his defense Chellah, says he was being blackmailed by some unknown people when he lost his phone. He says people who picked his phone wanted to leak the pictures and accuse him of sending to different girls on social media.

He adds that they demanded K50,000 from him or the photos he uploaded would go viral. He has since urged Zambians to be careful with what they put in their phones because next time it could be you reading this who will face similar situation.