• 26-year-old Lagos man, 24-year-old Nigerian face life imprisonment in separate U.S. cases
Michael Olugbode in Abuja
The United States has extradited two Nigerian nationals arrested three years ago in Nigeria to face federal prosecution over alleged financially motivated sextortion schemes targeting American minors, including cases linked to the deaths of teenagers by suicide.
The U.S. Department of Justice said on August 28 that Adebola Festus Adekunle, 26, of Lagos, and Mudasiru Afeez Olawale, 24, were taken into U.S. custody on August 27 after being arrested in Nigeria in August 2023 as part of Operation Artemis, an FBI-led crackdown on sextortion rings operating from Nigeria.
The two men are facing separate federal cases in Mississippi and North Carolina involving the alleged sexual exploitation and extortion of minors.
