Full list: US Homeland Security flags 124 Nigerians for deportation over criminal records
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published the names and photographs of 124 Nigerians identified for deportation as part of its ongoing immigration enforcement operations.
The list, released on the department’s official website on Wednesday, forms part of what DHS described as its “worst-of-the-worst” criminal offenders register.
Although the agency did not specify when the deportations would take place, it stated that those named had been convicted of serious criminal offences in the United States. However, it did not disclose the nature of the individual convictions.
In a statement accompanying the publication, the department said the action aligns with its intensified immigration enforcement efforts.
“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is highlighting the worst of worst criminal aliens arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),” the statement read.
It added that under the department’s leadership, DHS and ICE personnel are carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, beginning with undocumented immigrants considered to pose the greatest threat to public safety.
The Nigerians listed include Sunday Adediora, Sunday Kunkushi, Mkpouto Etukudoh, Marcus Unigwe, Olaniyi Ojikutu, Boluwaji Akingunsoye, Ejike Asiegbunam, Emmanuel Mayegun Adeola, Bamidele Bolatiwa, Ifeanyi Nwaozomudoh, Aderemi Akefe, Solomon Wilfred, Chibundu Anuebunwa, Joshua Ineh, Usman Momoh, Oluwole Odunowo, Bolarinwa Salau, Oriyomi Aloba, Oludayo Adeagbo, Olaniyi Akintuyi, Talatu Dada, Olatunde Oladinni, Jelili Qudus, Abayomi Daramola, Toluwani Adebakin, Olamide Jolayemi, Isaiah Okere, Benji Macaulay, Joseph Ogbara, Olusegun Martins, Kingsley Ariegwe, Olugbenga Abass, Oyewole Balogun, Adeyinka Ademokunla, Christian Ogunghide, Christopher Ojuma, Olamide Adedipe, Patrick Onogwu, Olajide Olateru-Olagbegi and Omotayo Akinto.
Others on the list are Kenneth Unanka, Jeremiah Ehis, Oluwafemi Orimolade, Ayibatonye Bienzigha, Uche Diuno, Akinwale Adaramaja, Boluwatife Afolabi, Chinonso Ochie, Olayinka A. Jones, Theophilus Anwana, Aishatu Umaru, Henry Idiagbonya, Okechukwu Okoronkwo, Daro Kosin, Sakiru Ambali, Kamaludeen Giwa, Cyril Odogwu, Ifeanyi Echigeme, Kingsley Ibhadore, Suraj Tairu, Peter Equere, Dasola Abdulraheem, Adewale Aladekoba and Akeem Adeleke.
The remaining Nigerians identified include Bernard Ogie Oretekor, Abiemwense Obanor, Olufemi Olufisayo Olutiola, Chukwuemeka Okorie, Abimbola Esan, Elizabeth Miller, Chima Orji, Adetunji Olofinlade, Abdul Akinsanya, Elizabeth Adeshewo, Dennis Ofuoma, Quazeem Adeyinka, Ifeanyi Okoro, Oluwaseun Kassim, Olumide Bankole Morakinyo, Abraham Ola Osoko, Oluchi Jennifer and Chibuzo Nwaonu, among others.
The publication comes amid the Trump administration’s renewed crackdown on illegal immigration following President Donald Trump’s return to office on January 20, 2025.
On his first day back in office, Trump signed several executive orders declaring illegal immigration a national emergency. The directives instructed federal agencies to strengthen border security and speed up the identification and removal of undocumented migrants.
One of the executive orders, titled Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directed immigration authorities to prioritise the arrest and deportation of individuals deemed removable under U.S. immigration laws, particularly those considered threats to public safety or national security.
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