Nigeria is now ranked fourth on Interpol’s African wanted watch list.

Nigeria is now ranked fourth of the 54 countries in Africa with the
highest number of citizens on the Interpol wanted list, firstclass
newsline gathered.
Interpol is the International Criminal Police Organisation that
facilitates international police cooperation, with global membership
of 190 countries, spread across four continents.
According to the data on Interpol's website, 63 Nigerians comprising
56 males and seven females have been declared wanted by the
organisation for various offences.
Nigeria trails Libya with 90 persons; Egypt, 156; and Rwanda, 160.
Other African countries that rank next to Nigeria are South Africa,
Zimbabwe and Sudan, making them fifth, sixth and seventh positions
with 41, 38, 25 persons respectively, while countries like Cameroon,
Niger and Chad rank as the 27th, 28th and 36th, with eight, seven and
two persons respectively.
Only 43 of the 54 African countries have their citizens on the wanted
list, leaving out 11 countries with no citizen in the document. They
are Madagascar, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Lesotho, among
others.
The Nigerians on the list, whose ages range between 26 and 72, were
declared wanted for various offences by the judicial authorities of
both Nigeria and some foreign countries for prosecution and to serve a
sentence.
The countries include South Africa, United States of America, China,
India, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, Botswana and Norway, with India, US
and Brazil having the highest numbers of Nigerians on their list.
The offences include fraud, criminal conspiracy, cheating, drug
trafficking, theft, customs crimes like smuggling, rape/aggravated
sexual assault, stealing, escape from lawful custody, abduction and
threat to life.
Interpol had stated on its website that its crime areas include
corruption, crimes against children, cybercrime, drugs, environmental
crime, financial crime, firearms, fugitive investigations, integrity
in sport and maritime piracy.
Others are organised crime, pharmaceutical crime, terrorism,
trafficking in human beings, trafficking in illicit goods and
counterfeiting, vehicle crime, war crimes and works of arts.
Seventy-two-year-old Nigerian, Emejulu Herbert, is the oldest person
on the list. He was declared wanted by the judicial authorities of
United States of America for conspiracy to commit health care fraud,
aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to distribute drugs.
Nkem Butchang, 26, who is the youngest, was also declared wanted by
the judicial authorities of Canada for sexual assault and failure to
comply with condition of recognisance.
In the same vein, Itumo Anthony, 36, male, was declared wanted by the
judicial authorities of Nigeria for prosecution and to serve a
sentence for committing fraud, theft, terrorist finance and
conversion.
Also, a 41-year-old woman, Esther Florence, has been declared by the
judicial authorities of India for prosecution and to serve a sentence
for criminal conspiracy, while 59-year-old Akinwale Olufunke, female
was also on the wanted list on the request of the United States for
prosecution and to serve a sentence for conspiracy and attempt to
possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Other persons on the list include Disu Oluwadamilare, Opara John, Ohai
Harrison, Costa Austine, Okromi Austine, Onyegbu Florence, Ilechukwu
Osita, Opadeyi Moses, Agbakoba Chiwoh, Adebowale Abiodun, among
others. Also, five persons including a seven-year-old girl, Ndudi
Olivia, have been declared missing by the Interpol.
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