₦airaland Forum

pocohantas:
I will forgive him.

I honestly do not see the need to let him off so easily. There should be some level of torment before finishing it off...

legitnow:
THIS MAN IS STILL WAITING FOR U.

joepepsy:
How do I create a topic i ve been trying,please help.

zoeA:
the US now believes any outrageously rich Nigerian na fraudster

aycapri:
But why, it is too early nah

U.S. government charges Air Peace founder Onyema with $20 million fraud
Air Peace chief describes Enugu Governor Ugwuanyi as best in south-east
A warrant of arrest has been issued against Allen Onyema of Air Peace Limited for alleged money laundering and bank fraud in the United States, court documents seen by PREMIUM TIMES showed.

The warrant was signed by Justin Anand, an American magistrate of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia, on November 19. The warrant authorised U.S. Marshals Service to take Mr Onyema into custody.

PREMIUM TIMES could not immediately confirm Mr Onyema’s location as of Saturday morning, but he was seen at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on Thursday.

The U.S. and Nigeria have a mutual legal assistance policy that allows both countries to extradite suspects facing criminal charges. Several Nigerians have been sent to the U.S. to stand trial for alleged fraud.

In August, Temitayo Fatunmbi was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of $8.3 million fraud. His conviction in the U.S. followed his extradition from Nigeria.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) regularly arrests suspects wanted by U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for fraud or other criminal allegations.

It was unclear whether the U.S. authorities have sought an extradition of Mr Onyema as part of efforts to execute warrant of arrest issued against him.

Mr Onyema was indicted on Friday for allegedly laundering suspicious funds in excess of $20 million dollars in the U.S. Ejiroghene Eghagha, Air Peace’s head of finance and administration, was also indicted and an arrest warrant issued equally against him.

The two Nigerian business executives were accused of conniving to commit money laundering and bank fraud for several years. The U.S. Department of Justice made the allegations public on Friday, but did not mention that an arrest warrant had been issued for Messrs Onyema and Eghagha.

Details of the arrest obtained by PREMIUM TIMES said Mr Onyema used several non-commercial entities he registered to conduct commercial businesses in the United States.

The allegations also included how Mr Onyema facilitated fraudulent letters of credit to American banks to procure aircraft, equipment and luxury goods.

About $14 million traced to his bank accounts in the U.S. and Canada have been frozen as federal authorities pursue a final forfeiture order.

The seizure came after extensive investigation of how Mr Onyema allegedly conducted the fraud between 2010 and 2018.

Mr Onyema’s case comes as U.S. authorities are recording back-to-back successes in their clampdown on Nigerians suspected of fraudulent activities there.

The arrest of Invictus Obi for Internet fraud made headlines in early August. Mr Obi has been held in American jail until February 2020 when his trial would commence.

In the same month, nearly 80 Nigerians were indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged involvement in multiple layers of fraud ranging from romance scam to business email compromise.

Mr Onyema did not return multiple telephone calls and text messages seeking comments about the warrant. Mrs Eghagha was unavailable for comments.

But a statement by their attorney dismissed the charges as “strange” and “unfounded.”

The statement said both Messrs Onyema and Eghagha have built a reputation of honesty and integrity and will look forward to fighting the charges against them in court.

PaChukwudi44:
Tinubu seriously trying to rebrand this agbero

Mynd44:
This Sunday Igboho and Auxiliary?

Mynd44:
I knew Sunday Igboho's mouth running will not end without drama.

Awol1:
What if he traveled with diplomatic passport?

Ezeama400:
Spare me this epistle..
Does PDP have the aforementioned States I stated above or not ?

You are still sceptical about whether CPC will pull out or not ?
Who could have believed that ACN would team up with CPC which was a dominant party then in NE and NW ?

What made u to think that they won't pull out and look for whom to merge with since average northern politician is a power monger let alone collectively ?

Remember that they don't owe you any explanation and there is nothing you can do..

Like I stated before, northerners don't care about party or national interest.. To them, regional interest ist before anything..

Remeber..Yarima, Elrufai and rest are warming up.
You are not into any agreement with them

Ezeama400:
You were quick to give a ridiculous analysis about how APC is penetrating SS Geo zone, but quick to ignore how PDP is taking over the North unlike what was obtainable in 2015.
Zamfara
Sokoto
Adamawa
Benue
Taraba.


You guys should be more worried about the plans of the northerners because the way they see power, they are likely to pull out of APC and go back to CPC, then look for another people to merge with if they don't get APC ticket.. They don't reason like you
They attach too much emotions on power... They don't care about party affairs, they are only after their region.
Don't cry and beg for whom to hug when core northers do what they they are known for in politics.
Awo and Abiola would tell you better

Awo received more commendation from northerners but we all saw how he ended up.

LabDNA:
Delusions, even Ojo your yoruba brother have realised that APC will shoot itself on the foot if SW given the ticket.

They can't get votes from the SESS region, no Southern president have won election by losing majority of the southern votes.

jamesversion:
Are you now an all-knowing being to have already figured how 2023 will pan out. What assurances does APC have that they will turn out fine in the Absence of Buhari. Cos even an Idiot easily understand that Buhari on the Ballot is the reason for APC presidential victories on both occasions. APC should watch it.

Omoboricash:
See me for flashing you the truth. Debunk all what I stated above. Pls confirm any news before spreading on social media so you won't look fools.
I challenge anybody to school infrastructural from South east. Osun government school has better school structure than any state in south east

Johnnyessence:
This is the clueless mandate robber oyetola achievements. Alailojuti baba aperin of iragbiji kingdom.

LabDNA:
If they are not relevant, the country would have been a one-party state by now.

The SW are the one I see going back opposition as PDP victory in Zamfars and Sokoto the head of the caliphate shows the north is abandoning the yorubas and re-aligning with the powerful SESS bloc for 2023 elections.

SW should first survive the onslaught on VP osinbajo by the cabals before talking about presidency.