The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Lagos Zonal Command successfully facilitated the extradition of Samuel Ogoshi and his brother, Samson, to the United States.
This extradition was carried out in order for them to face legal prosecution for their involvement in sexually extorting numerous young men and teenage boys.
The crimes were committed in the Western District of Michigan as well as other locations across the United States.
According to a statement Monday by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, the commission, in May 2023, initiated the extradition proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division.
The Ogoshi brothers, in conjunction with Ezekiel Ejemeh Robert, have been implicated in allegations of engaging in the exploitation of kids and the production of pornography. These accusations were made in response to a formal request made by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“The Ogoshis and Ezekiel were indicted in a United States Federal Court on December 1, 2022, on charges of exploitation of minors, resulting in death, conspiracy to sexually exploit minors by causing the minors to produce child pornographic images that the defendants now use to blackmail them,” the statement read.
Additionally, they face charges of conspiring to transfer photographs of child pornography to juveniles, their families, and friends as well as conspiring to engage in online surveillance.
