The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has extradited a suspected Nigerian fraudster, Fatade Idowu Olamilekan, to the United States for allegedly stealing over $3.5 million worth of equipment in various cities across the US.
Olamilekan, according to the EFCC, had been on the wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The EFCC said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren that the suspect was extradited on Thursday July 14, 2022.
The agency said it coordinated Olamilekan’s extradition following a notice from the FBI, New York, through the US legal attache for his role in impersonating various cities, state and academic institutions across the United States.
EFCC further stated that Fatade was indicted by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York for offences of wire fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property and identity theft.
The suspect was arrested on September 30, 2021 by operatives of the EFCC and his extradition trial commenced November, 2021, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
EFCC said on May 1, 2022, the Judge granted the request to extradite the suspect to the US to answer to the criminal charges against him.
“Upon his arrival in the United States, the suspect is billed to appear before a United States District Court” the anti-corruption agency said.
