Section
FBI Nigeria Arrests & Extraditions
Verified FBI-linked Nigerian arrests and extraditions extracted from official U.S. Department of Justice reports.
SOURCE-LINKED COVERAGE—U.S. Department of Justice — Southern District of New York·See the cited source for current information
Source notice: A keyword appearing in DOJ search results does not prove that an arrest occurred in that region. Locations and statuses below follow the linked release. DOJ pages often publish no defendant portrait, so an official FBI reference image is used and clearly labeled rather than inventing a person’s appearance. Charges remain allegations unless a linked disposition says otherwise.
Extradited from France5 August 2025
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Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu
The FBI and SDNY announced that the Nigerian national was extradited from France to face hacking, fraud, and identity-theft charges. DOJ says he was arrested in France at the request of the United States.
Extradited to the United States15 July 2022
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Fatade Idowu Olamilekan
The FBI and SDNY announced the extradition of a Nigerian citizen accused of impersonating procurement officials at U.S. state and local governments and educational institutions to obtain goods during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Extradited from Germany9 April 2021
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Yusuf Owolabi Abdul
The Nigerian citizen and Canadian resident was arrested in Germany on an INTERPOL Red Notice and extradited to the United States in an FBI international fraud and money-laundering case.
Arrested in San Francisco2 June 2021
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Charles Onus
The FBI, IRS-CI, and SDNY announced charges alleging cyber intrusions into payroll-service accounts to redirect employee payroll deposits. DOJ says Onus had been arrested in San Francisco on April 14, 2021.