The Federal Government has extradited a 26-year-old Nigerian, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, to the United States to face charges connected to an alleged sexual extortion scheme linked to the death of a young man in Pennsylvania.
Adewale, the third Nigerian extradited in connection with the case, is charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He appeared in federal court in Philadelphia before Lynne A. Sitarski.
In a statement, the United States Department of Justice said Adewale was arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, as part of a coordinated operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation targeting sexual extortion networks preying on minors in the United States.
He was extradited to the US on Friday, February 13, 2026, with the assistance of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, the FBI Legal Attaché in Abuja, and FBI agents, who took him into custody upon arrival.
The case was investigated by the FBI, its Fort Washington Resident Agency in Philadelphia, and the Abington Township Police Department. Prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Brown.
United States Attorney David Metcalf said Nigerian security agencies played a crucial role in the extradition, particularly the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Federal Ministry of Justice’s International Criminal Justice Cooperation Department, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Adewale’s co-defendants, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, 27, also known as Alice Dave, and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, 26, were extradited to the United States in August 2024. Abiodun later pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy and was sentenced in June 2025 to five years in prison by Joel H. Slomsky.