Nigerian, Afeez Adewale extradited to US on sexual extortion and death charges

Afeez Olatunji Adewale has been extradited from Nigeria to the United States 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 FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday.

Adewale, 26, was arrested in Nigeria in August 2023 as part of a wider FBI operation targeting sexual extortionists who prey on minors in the United States and was formally taken into U.S. custody with the assistance of Nigerian authorities.