Afeez Olatunji Adewale has been extradited from Nigeria to the United States to face federal charges related to ual extortion and the death of a young man in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The extradition was announced by David Metcalf. Adewale was indicted on wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He made his initial appearance in federal court in Philadelphia before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski.
Adewale was initially arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, during a coordinated operation with the FBI targeting ual extortionists preying on minors in the United States.
He was extradited on February 13, 2026, with the assistance of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, the FBI Legal Attaché in Abuja, and the FBI. Nigerian authorities, including the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the International Criminal Justice Cooperation Department of the Federal Ministry of Justice, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, also supported the extradition.
Adewale’s co-defendants, Imoleayo Samuel Aina and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, had been extradited in August 2024. Abiodun was sentenced to five years in prison in June 2025 for money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud, while Aina received a six-year sentence in October 2025 for multiple charges, including cyberstalking and extortion-related offenses.
The case was investigated by the FBI Philadelphia’s Fort Washington Resident Agency and the Abington Township Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Brown.
U.S. authorities stressed that the charges are allegations, and Adewale, like all defendants, is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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