A Nigerian national, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, on Friday, February 13, extradited from Nigeria to the United States (U.S) to face charges linked to the sexual extortion and death of a young man in the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
The development was confirmed in a statement by the U.S attorney’s office for the eastern district of Pennsylvania and in a post on X by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Kash Patel on Thursday.
26-year-old Adewale, was arrested in Nigeria in August 2023 as part of a wider FBI operation targeting sexual extortionists who prey on minors in the U.S and was formally taken into U.S. custody with the assistance of Nigerian authorities.
The U.S attorney’s office for the eastern district of Pennsylvania disclosed that Adewale has been charged by indictment with wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.
He appeared in federal court in Philadelphia before U.S magistrate judge Lynne Sitarski.
“United States attorney David Metcalf announced that Afeez Olatunji Adewale, 26, was extradited from Nigeria to the United States to face charges related to the sexual extortion and death of a young man in the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
“Adewale is charged by indictment with wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. He appeared in federal court in Philadelphia before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski yesterday. Adewale was arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, as part of a wider operation with the FBI to apprehend sexual extortionists targeting minors in the United States,” the statement read.
Adewale was extradited to the U.S on Friday, February 13, 2026, with the assistance of the justice department’s office of international affairs, the FBI Legal Attaché in Abuja, and the FBI.
The statement acknowledged the support of Nigerian security authorities, including the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the federal ministry of justice’s International Criminal Justice Cooperation Department (ICJCD) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
It further noted that the charges and allegations contained in the indictment are accusations only and that every defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Adewale’s co-defendants had earlier been extradited to the U.S in connection with the same case.
They have since been convicted and sentenced in U.S courts.
Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as “Alice Dave,” and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun were extradited in August 2024.
Abiodun pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud and was sentenced in June 2025 by U.S district judge Joel H. Slomsky to five years in prison.
Aina later pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, interstate threat to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud, and was sentenced in October 2025 to six years in prison.
The investigation was led by the FBI Philadelphia’s Fort Washington resident agency, and the Abington Township police department, and is being prosecuted by assistant U.S attorney Patrick Brown.
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