Nigerian Businessman Arrested At Dublin Airport Over £17m Money Laundering Extradition Warrant
A Nigerian property boss wanted by the NCA in a £17m scam was dramatically stopped at the gate trying to board a Paris flight.
A Nigerian businessman wanted over an alleged £17 million money laundering scheme committed in the UK has been arrested on an extradition warrant at Dublin Airport by Irish authorities.
Edwin Omokhuale, 39, was detained by officers from An Garda Síochána acting on behalf of the National Crime Agency as he attempted to board a flight to Paris on Wednesday afternoon.
The defendant, a Lagos-based real estate chief executive who resided in the UK at the time of the alleged offences, faces charges of money laundering in connection with a major fraud perpetrated against an Australian mining company in early 2023. National Crime Agency investigators allege that UK-based fraudsters deceived personnel at the mining firm into transferring approximately US$23 million into bank accounts controlled by the criminal group.
Omokhuale appeared in court in Dublin yesterday, Thursday 10 September, as formal extradition proceedings commence to return him to the UK jurisdiction.
The operation was executed with the assistance of Irish law enforcement agencies. The case is ongoing.
