NIgerian brothers extradited to the U.S. over ‘s+xtortion’ of American teenager who ended it all

Two Nigerian brothers have been extradited to the United States to face prosecution over the alleged s+xual extortion of numerous young men and teenage boys on social media. They were extradited after being indicted for international s+xual extortion ring.

The suspects are Samuel Ogoshi, 22 and Samson Ogoshi, 20. The two brothers are residents of Lagos. It would be recalled that in May, one of the suspects, Samuel, was charged with causing the d£ath of Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old American.

DeMay was found d€ad from a self-inflicted g¥nshot wo¥nd in March 2022 at Marquette, Michigan. The U.S. justice department had said the two brothers and Ezekiel Ejehem Robert, 19, allegedly bought hacked social media accounts and used same to pose as young women to lure teenage and young adult males into s+xual chats.

The department said while the men were in contact with the victims, they searched the internet for information about where the victims lived, where they went to school or worked, and who their family and friends were. On July 20, Binta Nyako, a judge at the federal high court, ruled that the two brothers should be handed over to US authorities.

However, in a statement on Sunday, the U.S. justice department announced that the two suspects will be arraigned on Monday afternoon at the federal courthouse in Grand Rapids. The department said the extradition of Robert, the accomplice, is still pending.

“It’s anticipated that the extradited defendants’ initial appearance will take place Monday afternoon at the federal courthouse in Grand Rapids at a time to be determined by the court,” the statement reads. “Nigerian authorities arrested Samuel and Samson Ogoshi in Nigeria in January 2023, at the request of the United States. [Continue reading on next slide]