Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a former Deputy Senate President, has joined the list of well-known Nigerians who have either previously been imprisoned abroad or are currently incarcerated.
On Friday, Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were each given a sentence of roughly ten years in prison for conspiring to traffic in organs.
The longest-serving deputy senate president of Nigeria is now among prominent Nigerians who have tested or are now testing prisons abroad.
He is surrounded by politicians, con artists, and even well-known "freedom fighters".
Okeke was listed as one of the under 30 when he appeared on the cover of the esteemed Forbes Magazine. a special editorial highlighting notable accomplishments by people under the age of 30.
He was arrested for a $11 million scam few months later, and a US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced him to 10 years in jail.
Okeke, often referred to as Invictus Obi, is still incarcerated.
Hushpuppy
Hushpuppy, a well-known Instagram personality, Rahman Abbas, is currently incarcerated in the US serving an 11-year term.
Hushpuppy was punished by United States District Judge Otis Wright II, who also ordered him to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims. Hushpuppy was now found guilty of being a notorious fraudster.
John Ibori
The UK government has previously found the former governor of Delta State guilty twice. According to reports, he was found guilty in 1991 of robbing the store where he was employed.
Ibori, who led Delta State as governor from 1999 to 2007, was detained in Dubai in 2010 and sent back to the UK.
He was found guilty in the UK before being released in 2016, at which point he returned to Nigeria to a hero's welcome.
Alamieyeseigha Diepreye
The Metropolitan police detained the former governor of Bayelsa State in September 2005.
While being charged by the UK government, Alamieyeseigha, who presided as governor of the oil-rich state from 1999 until his impeachment in 2005, escaped bail.
His London house was raided by UK investigators who confiscated $1.5 million in cash. Additionally, they seized $15 million in London real estate, as well as $2.7 million from a bank account at the Royal Bank of Scotland.
He was then imprisoned in Nigeria, but former president Goodluck Jonathan later released him from prison.
2015. Mr. Alamieyeseigha passed away.
Adeyemo Sunday
The self-proclaimed Yoruba Nation leader also spent a significant amount of time behind bars in the Benin Republic.
Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, left Nigeria when the DSS, the country's secret police, searched his home.
He allegedly attempted to enter Germany when the Republican police detained him. In 2021, he was taken into custody in Cotonou's Cardinal Bernardin International Airport.
He was granted freedom in 2022 with the restrictions of not leaving Cotonou and refraining from holding any demonstrations.
Buruji Kashamu
According to reports, Kashamu was detained in the UK in 1998 after attempting to enter the country with $230,000 in cash. Kashamu was a senator in the 8th Assembly.
An American plea to extradite Kashamu was rejected by a British court in 2003 due to questions about his identity. He was later released from prison after spending five years there after being discovered to be in possession of $230,000 when he was apprehended.
The late senator fought an attempt to extradite him to the US for years.
Héctor Okah
Since then, Henry, Charles Okah's younger brother and the MEND leader, has been imprisoned in South Africa since 2013.
He received a 24-year prison sentence for the 2010 Fourth of July explosion. Okah was found guilty by the South African court on 13 terrorism-related offences.