Two Nigerian men wanted in the United States for wire and computer fraud offences but fled to hide in Kenya were not lucky after a court ordered their extradition to face trial. Ebuka Umeti and Frankline Okwonna were arrested in Nairobi in June last year after US authorities sent formal extradition requests to Kenya. The two had indictments and arrest warrants hanging over them from a court in Alexandria in the state of Virginia. Their alleged offences include conspiracy, wire fraud and computer intrusion for which they had been formally charged. “[He] further deposes and denies ever having used or registered emails such as [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and more as stated by Scott Nickerson in the affidavit.
