A 26-year-old Nigerian, Afeez Adewale, has been extradited to the United States to stand trial over alleged sexual extortion that prosecutors say contributed to the death of a young American in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The disclosure was made on Wednesday by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, David Metcalf, in a statement issued by the United States Department of Justice.
According to the statement, Adewale is facing charges bordering on wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
He made his initial appearance on Tuesday before US Magistrate Judge Lynne Sitarski at a federal court in Philadelphia.
The suspect was initially arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, during a coordinated operation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation targeting individuals allegedly involved in online sexual extortion schemes against minors in the US.
Authorities said Adewale was subsequently extradited on February 13, 2026, through the efforts of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, the FBI Legal Attaché in Abuja, and other FBI operatives who took him into custody upon arrival in the US.
The statement noted that Nigerian security agencies played a significant role in facilitating 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.
Meanwhile, two other Nigerians earlier charged in connection with the case — 27-year-old Imoleayo Aina, also known as Alice Dave, and 26-year-old Samuel Abiodun — had previously been extradited to the US in August 2024.
Abiodun later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud and was sentenced in June 2025 by US District Judge Joel H. Slomsky to five years’ imprisonment.
Aina also entered guilty pleas to charges including cyberstalking, interstate threats to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and wire fraud.
She was sentenced by Judge Slomsky in October 2025 to six years in prison.