The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has added 10 Nigerians to the Department of Homeland Security’s “Worst of the Worst” register for offences ranging from fraud and identity theft to child-related and drug offences.
The DHS disclosed this in a statement published on its official website on Thursday, and sighted by Diaspora Tales.
The update listed the Nigerians alongside the offences for which they were arrested.
The offences ranged from fraud and identity theft to child-related, drug and weapon offences.
Those listed include Temitope Bashua, arrested in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, for wire fraud, identity theft and fraud; Ojehoro Lewis, Conroe, Texas, for cruelty towards a child. Osemudiamen Oziegbe was also arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, for wire fraud;
Daniel Oworen, Conroe, Texas, for dangerous drugs; Raymond Ekevwo, Oxford, Wisconsin, for wire fraud; Franklin Dikeocha, Dallas, Texas, for a sex offence against a child involving fondling; Johnson Ogunlana, White Deer, Pennsylvania, for fraud and identity theft.
Others are Chukwuemeka Okorocha, arrested in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, for wire fraud, dangerous drugs, possession of a weapon and aggravated assault involving a non-family gun; Tunde Korede, Allenwood, Pennsylvania, for conspiracy; and Chukwuemeka Chinye, Pollock, Louisiana, for larceny from a banking-type institution, fraud, identity theft and conspiracy.
The DHS said the register was created to draw attention to what it described as the “worst of the worst criminal aliens” arrested by ICE, adding that the arrests were part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation drive targeting undocumented immigrants with criminal records.
“Under DHS leadership, the hardworking men and women of DHS and ICE are fulfilling President Trump’s promise and carrying out mass deportations – starting with the worst of the worst,” the department said.
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