Nigerian Man With Valid US Visa Arrested At JFK
Airport In New York For Lying To Immigration
Officers
A Nigerian man identified as Kolawole
Fakokunde is now facing up to 5 years’
imprisonment after he was arrested by
immigration officers at the John F. Kennedy
International Airport in New York for trying to
enter the U.S illegally.
Fakokunde, who had a valid visitor’s visa
on him, was arrested after telling a lie that
failed to pan out. He had told U.S.
authorities he was headed to Philadelphia
to attend the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference.
Unfortunately for him, the conference, one
of the world’s largest law enforcement
gatherings, had been over for about two
weeks.
Media reports said the Nigerian arrived in
the U.S aboard an Arik Airlines flight, claiming
to be a prison guard. But, he later
told a U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) officer that someone else “helped
him complete his visa application,” in
which he falsely claimed to be a prison
guard travelling to the U.S. to attend IACP.
Based on the information he provided at
the time to the U.S. Bureau of Consular
Affairs in Lagos, Fakokunde was issued a
valid visitor’s visa.
He admitted that he was not employed as a
prison guard, that he did not intend to
travel to Philadelphia to attend the IACP
conference, and that his true purpose for
visiting the United States was vacation.
Fakokunde is standing trial in a U.S federal
court for “knowingly and willfully” trying
to use a U.S. visa obtained through false
information.
A piece of advice if you’re trying to get
into the United States illegally: Don’t use
one of the world’s largest law enforcement
gatherings as your cover story.

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MOD, we need this on Front Page......

MOD, oya. Do the needful.

@Post

LOL

Why couldn't he just tell the American Embassy that he wants to visit America as a tourist? Sometimes, our people just lie unnecessarily. Now he will go to jail and once he finishes serving his jail term, he will be promptly deported. Let's make an effort to be honest when going to apply for visas because it will save us any avoidable wahala down the line.

Them go soon invade this thread.CEO's of bigotry.

Wishing him happy jail term in advance.

Why are perez019 and Onyenna asking for front page?

All this story does is show first how silly this person was by not checking his story.
He then admitted all his tricks.

All this means is that anyone else applying for "conference" will face many more problems

effing retardeen!!...he absolutely has no reason to lie...................see wetin inferiority complex dey cause...SMH

If this gets on the front page, guess all the pregnant women that secure visas to give birth in the US should be on there too. Most can't even afford to pay hospital bills, and as usual, they take advantage of the system.

I don't think he'll serve the time ... deportation makes sense.