The Federal High Court in Abuja has opened extradition proceedings against three young Nigerians on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The lawsuit has been filed, according to a statement from EFCC Head of Media Wilson Uwujaren on Monday.
A four-count indictment has been brought against the defendants, Samuel Ogoshi, 22, his brother Samson Ogoshi, 20, and Ezekiel Ejehem Robert, 19.
On December 1, 2022, they were charged with child pornography production that caused death and the exploitation of minors in a United States Federal Court.
The three defendants are also charged with conspiring to spread child pornography and online stalking.
Numerous young men and teenage boys in the Western District of Michigan and all over America, according to the prosecution, were sexually extorted.
The gang hacked some social media accounts, posing to be young attractive women to entice unsuspecting victims to send explicit photos.
Samuel is charged with causing the death of Jordan DeMay, 17, of Marquette in Michigan on March 25, 2022 who shot himself. It carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, minimum of 30 years.
The other charges carry a minimum sentences of 15, 5 and 5 years respectively in a case expected to commence once the Nigerians get to U.S. soil.
“While the Ogoshis were arrested sometime in February, 2023 around the Ojo axis of Lagos, Ezekiel was picked up in Nasarawa by operatives of the EFCC,” Uwujaren disclosed.