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Reno Omokri was cleared of allegations of abuse and physical assault made by his ex-wife Tuokpe Onuwaje as far back as 2018, The Guardian can report.

Onuwaje, a school teacher, was the first wife of the ex-media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan. The couple have three children together.

But on Sunday, she took to social media to accuse Omokri of domestic violence. She claimed she “tolerated physical abuse” in their marriage, alleging that Omokri’s assault left her with a “swollen jaw, ruptured eardrums, and weeks of pain”.

“After the first instance of violence, I made excuses, thinking I must have provoked the anger. I even had to endure seeing my daughter witness another slap. And there was the morning I woke up to find blood on my pillow,” her Instagram post reads in part.


Onuwaje’s Instagram post followed after Omokri shared a picture he took with his wife Hanna on X, formerly Twitter.

In the tweet, the author described Hanna, who is believed to be from Ethiopia, as “a beauty queen who has devoted her life to God and me”.

Omokri also praised her for being a woman who “does not know how to quarrel and is incapable of malice”.


However, Onuwaje cast doubt on Omokri’s remark of a harmonious marriage. In her Instagram post, she argued, “now you claim to be happily married to a woman who doesn’t “quarrel”. Good luck to her because you always wanted someone you could control and intimidate”.

She made the post as Omokri was being touted as a possible replacement for Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesman who stepped aside on September 6.

According to TheCable, it recently contacted the legal authorities in Contra Costa County in California, United States, and received a letter from the Children and Family Services clearing Omokri of abuse allegations made by his ex-wife.

In the letter dated August 28, 2018, and addressed to Omokri, the authorities stated that they had received allegations of physical abuse by the author towards one of his children.

The family service said the allegations — which placed Reno at risk of abusing his two other children — were investigated and “closed as inconclusive”.

The agency added that Omokri’s “children reported no safety concerns” when in his care.

Further investigation also showed that the marriage between Omokri and Onuwaje had been officially dissolved nearly two decades ago.

TheCable also reported that it recently obtained a decree from the Lagos high court confirming the union was dissolved on August 25, 2005, due to “irreconcilable differences”.

“The court therefore decreed that upon and subject to the Decree of the Court becoming absolute, the marriage solemnised on the 12th of June, 2004, between Tuokpe Omokri and Reno Omokri is hereby dissolved,” the legal document reads in part.

Additionally, public records show that Onuwaje has not associated herself with the surname ‘Omokri’ on social media platforms since 2007.

Since their divorce, she has also posted about being in a relationship with another man at least once.

Police records seen by TheCable also showed that Onuwaje had previously contacted the authorities on different occasions regarding two of her brothers.

In 2021, Omokri and Hanna welcomed a baby girl named Ebele.

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The family service said the allegations — which placed Reno at risk of abusing his two other children — were investigated and “closed as inconclusive”.

The agency added that Omokri’s “children reported no safety concerns” when in his care.

https://guardian.ng/specials/how-reno-omokri-was-cleared-of-ex-wifes-abuse-allegation-in-2018/

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Pastor Isaac Omokri, the brother of Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, is to appear in court on Tuesday over the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl.



Omokri, a pastor with The Nuture Centre (Church), is alleged to have sexually molested the minor in 2023.

According to a video posted by the disgruntled father of the victim, Omokri walks freely despite allegedly committing the heinous act.

Stating that the pastor’s family are highly placed in society, he noted that though the matter had been taken to court, “the matter had been compromised.”

However, in a statement posted on his X page on Monday, the father of the rape victim mentioned that the pastor will be arraigned in court today.

“Tomorrow, June 25, 2024, the alleged rape case of my daughter by her pastor, Isaac Omokri, brother to Reno Omokri, will be coming up. I still hope for the judiciary to do justice,” Mr. Daniel said.

Daniel had alleged that the police, the court, and the judges had been compromised.

The pastor was said to have threatened to kill the minor and her entire family if she disclosed the rape incident to anyone.

“In 2023, my daughter was raped by her pastor, Isaac Omokri. Isaac Omokri is the stepbrother to Reno Omokri, and this same pastor, Isaac Omokri, has a mentor whose name is Chief Uyi Ibenedo Gibs.

“My daughter was 15 years old when this rape took place last year. I learned of the matter recently, and I am crying for justice because the matter went to the police and went to court, but right now, the matter has been compromised.

“They’re doing everything possible to let him go freely. The police have been compromised, and the judges and the court have been compromised.

“The case that was at the High Court was later moved to Apo without even the notice of my ex because, as of that time, she never told me. She was the one running around for the case.

“All I am asking for is justice for my daughter. As a result of this rape and molestation, it has affected her studies and everything about her life.

“This same pastor promised her marriage and said he would take care of her. He even gave her an engagement ring. He threatened her, saying that if she

U.S. Secret Service seizes $1.5 million linked to Nigerian fraudster Omokri’s Binance crypto account
The secret service sought forfeiture of the seized $1.5 million, having established they were proceeds of wire fraud and money laundering.
he U.S. Secret Service seized $1.5 million from the Binance wallet of Nigerian serial fraudster Avwerosuo Omokri after numerous complaints from victims triggered a detailed investigation into the suspect’s activities and bank records.



Special agent Katrina Caulfield uncovered the operations of an internet fraud syndicate, running fraudulent trading investment platforms to lure unsuspecting victims. She was seeking a forfeiture in rem of the seized funds, documents seen by Peoples Gazette showed.

Victim 1, a resident of Newton in Massachusetts, March 2024, filed an internet crime complaint form to seek help after she fell for a cryptocurrency scam where she lost 1.33272285 BTC.

She told Ms Caulfield that she joined a group on Facebook in February 2024 named ‘Financial Independence Forum’, where members were promised “financial independence and early retirement through reliable investment.”

Victim 1, who was not named, said she soon began to connect with the members of the Facebook group, including Tom Sheldon Haley. They began to exchange messages on Facebook Messenger.

Mr Haley, an administrator of the group, portrayed himself as an investment expert versed in online trading. Their chats became frequent, and she was asked to invest in Trade Propel, an investment platform that promised high returns.

Mr Haley sent her detailed steps on how to create a new account on Trade Propel.

On March 13, 2024, Victim 1 transferred 1.3 BTC from Coinbase to a destination wallet provided by the Facebook group administrator.

After some time, she observed her deposit had increased on the website and tried to withdraw the funds, only to be told by Trade Propel customer support that she must pay “tax on earnings” before initiating withdrawal.

The U.S. Secret Service special agent said the demand for more money for investors to access their funds was typical of many scammers, as they often tried to squeeze every penny out of victims.

“Based on my training and experience, I know that scammers often attempt to extract additional funds from victims by instructing victims to pay ‘taxes’ to the scammers before the victims can withdraw funds,” said Ms Caulfield in her submission.


Checks on the Trade Propel website ticked all the fraud boxes as the Secret Service special agent said she could not find any relevant company information, policies and company contact details.

Instead, the website had bios of hedge fund billionaires George Soros, Paul Tudor, and Ray Dialo, claiming that the trio co-signed Trade Propel.

“Also, the website falsely claims to be part of FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) and SIPC (Securities Investor Protection Corporation),” wrote the U.S. Secret Service special agent.

Ms Caulfield said the platform owner went to great lengths to make the website look legitimate for the purpose of defrauding people.

A money trail by the Secret Service showed how the syndicate immediately transferred the victim’s 1.3 BTC to an intermediary wallet before sending it to another wallet ending in –HKbIS.

Intermediary wallets are often used by fraudsters to disguise and clean up illicit money trails on the Blockchain in order to throw security agencies off their scent.

“Intermediary wallets support the movement of illicitly obtained funds as they help to conceal and disguise the source of the BTC by layering and severing straight line coordinates of transaction activity on the Blockchain to cash out exchangers,” Ms Caulfied stated in her motion seeking forfeiture.

However, the Secret Service special agent was able to bypass all the layering and cover-ups to track the bitcoin to its final destination wallet.

Account records for user ID ending in XXXXX3280 obtained from Binance showed that the wallet was registered to Nigerian passport holder Avwerosuo Omokri with the registered email address johnrichie513@gmail.com.

Coinbase provided information that showed additional victims had paid into the same intermediary wallet of the fraud syndicate. Victim 2 paid $ 29,000, while Victim 3 paid $35,000. The fourth victim was instructed to pay into a different intermediary wallet.


Further investigations revealed that the Tom Sheldon Haley’s Facebook account was not operated by one person but by a fraud syndicate that often deployed the rank and files to approach victims on social media platforms, including Facebook and LinkedIn.

The higher-level fraudsters were the ones on the wallet backends receiving and trying to cover up illicit money flows. Binance records showed that Mr Omokri’s syndicate used four different devices to access the wallets.

Ms Caulfield, on February 16, 2025, sought a forfeiture in rem of the seized $1.5 million, having established that they were proceeds of wire fraud and money laundering.

The seized funds include 7.23918814 BTC1, 105.75351403 ETH2, 636.11899592 AVAX3, 14120.995091 USDT4; 2380467906.17 SHIB and
319008151.01 PEPE.

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