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Saturday, 28 March 2015
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,
Crystal Rainbow@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.
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