The Federal Government has extradited two brothers Samuel and Samson Ogoshi to the United States of America (USA) to answer to alleged s3xual extortion charges.
The Ogoshis are to face prosecution for allegedly s3xually extorting young men and teenage boys in the state of Michigan and across the country.
The extradition was facilitated by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday, August 13, 2023.
The commission said in a statement that it initiated the extradition proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division, against the Ogoshis alongside one Ezekiel Ejemeh Robert in May, over alleged exploitation of minors and production of pornography.
It said this followed a request by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The Ogoshis and Ezekiel were indicted in a US Federal Court on December 1, 2022, on charges of exploitation of minors, resulting in death, conspiracy to s3xually exploit minors by causing the minors to produce child pornographic images that the defendants used to blackmail them.
They were further charged with conspiracy to distribute child pornography, bordering on sending images to minors, their families and friends, as well as conspiracy to commit stalking through the internet.
The offences carry a minimum of five years and maximum 20 years imprisonment upon conviction.
Specifically, Samuel was charged with causing the death of 17-year-old Jordan DeMay of Marquette, Michigan, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in March 2022.
According to investigations, the suspects conspired to conduct a s3x-based extortion of minors and adults in the United States of America.
The trio allegedly hacked some social media accounts, posing to be young attractive women to entice unsuspecting victims to send their s3xually explicit photographs.
These pictures were then used to blackmail the victims, thereby forcing them into making huge financial payments.
While the Ogoshis were arrested sometime in February, 2023 around the Ojo axis of Lagos, Ezekiel was picked up in Nasarawa by operatives of the EFCC.
The extradition of the third defendant, Robert Ezekiel, is pending.
