Nigeria ranks fourth on Interpol’s African wanted list

Nigeria ranks fourth of the 54
countries in Africa with the highest
number of citizens on the Interpol
wanted list, Saturday PUNCH has
gathered.
Interpol is the International
Criminal Police Organisation that
facilitates international police
cooperation, with global
membership of 190 countries,
spread across four continents.
According to the data on Interpol’s
website, 63 Nigerians comprising
56 males and seven females have
been declared wanted by the
organisation for various offences.
Nigeria trails Libya with 90 persons;
Egypt, 156; and Rwanda, 160.
Other African countries that rank
next to Nigeria are South Africa,
Zimbabwe and Sudan, making them
fifth, sixth and seventh positions
with 41, 38, 25 persons respectively,
while countries like Cameroon,
Niger and Chad rank as the 27th,
28th and 36th, with eight, seven
and two persons respectively.
Only 43 of the 54 African countries
have their citizens on the wanted
list, leaving out 11 countries with
no citizen in the document. They
are Madagascar, Cote d’Ivoire,
Burkina Faso, Gabon and Lesotho,
among others.
The Nigerians on the list, whose
ages range between 26 and 72,
were declared wanted for various
offences by the judicial authorities
of both Nigeria and some foreign
countries for prosecution and to
serve a sentence.
The countries include South Africa,
United States of America, China,
India, Brazil, Canada, Argentina,
Botswana and Norway, with India,
US and Brazil having the highest
numbers of Nigerians on their list.
The offences include fraud, criminal
conspiracy, cheating, drug
trafficking, theft, customs crimes
like smuggling, rape/aggravated
sexual assault, stealing, escape
from lawful custody, abduction and
threat to life.
Interpol had stated on its website
that its crime areas include
corruption, crimes against children,
cybercrime, drugs, environmental
crime, financial crime, firearms,
fugitive investigations, integrity in
sport and maritime piracy.
Others are organised crime,
pharmaceutical crime, terrorism,
trafficking in human beings,
trafficking in illicit goods and
counterfeiting, vehicle crime, war
crimes and works of arts.
Seventy-two-year-old Nigerian,
Emejulu Herbert, is the oldest
person on the list. He was declared
wanted by the judicial authorities
of United States of America for
conspiracy to commit health care
fraud, aggravated identity theft and
conspiracy to distribute drugs.
Nkem Butchang, 26, who is the
youngest, was also declared
wanted by the judicial authorities
of Canada for sexual assault and
failure to comply with condition of
recognisance.
In the same vein, Itumo Anthony,
36, male, was declared wanted by
the judicial authorities of Nigeria
for prosecution and to serve a
sentence for committing fraud,
theft, terrorist finance and
conversion.
Also, a 41-year-old woman, Esther
Florence, has been declared by the
judicial authorities of India for
prosecution and to serve a
sentence for criminal conspiracy,
while 59-year-old Akinwale
Olufunke, female was also on the
wanted list on the request of the
United States for prosecution and
to serve a sentence for conspiracy
and attempt to possess with intent
to distribute a controlled
substance.
Other persons on the list include
Disu Oluwadamilare, Opara John,
Ohai Harrison, Costa Austine,
Okromi Austine, Onyegbu Florence,
Ilechukwu Osita, Opadeyi Moses,
Agbakoba Chiwoh, Adebowale
Abiodun, among others. Also, five
persons including a seven-year-old
girl, Ndudi Olivia, have been
declared missing by the Interpol.

Hum...

So na all this innocent people dem deh hunt... Weh all all our ogas in Aso don even do more than this.. Interpol na crap..not real..