US publishes names of 79 Nigerians set for deportation over criminal convictions

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published the names of 79 Nigerian nationals it says are set to be deported as part of a renewed crackdown on criminal and undocumented immigrants under President Donald Trump’s administration.

According to information released on the DHS website on Monday, the individuals were convicted in the United States of offences ranging from fraud and drug trafficking to assault, manslaughter and robbery.

The agency said the arrests and deportation plans form part of a wider enforcement drive by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which the department describes as targeting “the worst of the worst” among foreign nationals with criminal convictions.

In a statement accompanying the list, DHS said: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is highlighting the worst of the worst criminal aliens arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, the hardworking men and women of DHS and ICE are fulfilling President Trump’s promise and carrying out mass deportations, starting with the worst of the worst, including the illegal aliens you see here.”

The department did not specify when the deportations would take place, nor whether all individuals listed had exhausted their legal rights to appeal. Time Africa  has not independently verified the convictions or immigration status of those named.

Full list of Nigerians named by DHS

1. Joshua Ineh
2. Usman Momoh
3. Oluwole Odunowo
4. Chibundu Anuebunwa
5. Solomon Wilfred
6. Aderemi Akefe
7. Ifeanyi Nwaozomudoh
8. Bamidele Bolatiwa
9. Emmanuel Mayegun Adeola
10. Ejike Asiegbunam
11. Oriyomi Aloba
12. Bolarinwa Salau
13. Oludayo Adeagbo
14. Joseph Ogbara
15. Benji Macaulay
16. Isaiah Okere
17. Olamide Jolayemi
18. Oladayo Agboola
19. Toluwani Adebakin
20. Abayomi Daramola
21. Jelili Qudus
22. Olatunde Oladinni
23. Talatu Dada
24. Olaniyi Akintuyi
25. Omotayo Akinto
26. Olajide Olateru-Olagbegi
27. Patrick Onogwu
28. Olamide Adedipe
29. Christopher Ojuma
30. Adeolu Solabu
31. Christian Ogunghide
32. Adeyinka Ademokunla
33. Oyewole Balogun
34. Olugbenga Abass
35. Kingsley Ariegwe
36. Olusegun Martins
37. Kenneth Unanka
38. Jeremiah Ehis
39. Oluwafemi Orimolade
40. Ayibatonye Bienzigha
41. Uche Diuno
42. Akinwale Adaramaja
43. Boluwatife Afolabi
44. Chinomso Ochie
45. Olayinka A. Jones
46. Theophilus Anwana
47. Aishatu Umaru
48. Henry Idiagbonya
49. Okechukwu Okoronkwo
50. Daro Kosin
51. Sakiru Ambali
52. Kamaludeen Giwa
53. Cyril Odogwu
54. Ifeanyi Echigeme
55. Kingsley Ibhadore
56. Suraj Tairu
57. Peter Equere
58. Dasola Abdulraheem
59. Adewale Aladekoba
60. Akeem Adeleke
61. Bernard Ogie Oretekor
62. Abiemwense Obanor
63. Olufemi Olufisayo Olutiola
64. Chukwuemeka Okorie
65. Abimbola Esan
66. Elizabeth Miller
67. Chima Orji
68. Adetunji Olofinlade
69. Abdul Akinsanya
70. Elizabeth Adeshewo
71. Dennis Ofuoma
72. Boluwaji Akingunsoye
73. Quazeem Adeyinka
74. Ifeanyi Okoro
75. Oluwaseun Kassim
76. Olumide Bankole Morakinyo
77. Abraham Ola Osoko
78. Oluchi Jennifer
79. Chibuzo Nwaonu