Amadoda ayisithupha aseNigeria afunwa e-USA ngenxa yemikhonyovu eyenziwa ku-inthanethi, adluliselwe ngempumelelo eMelika ngenxa yokusebenzisana phakathi kwe-Hawks ne-Interpol.

I-Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi ama-#Hawks, ngokubambisana ne-INTERPOL eNingizimu Afrika, izolo, mhla ziyi-11 kuMandulo 2026, yenze amalungiselelo okudluliselwa kwabantu abayisithupha baseNigeria e-United States of America.

Lawa madoda ayisithupha — uPerry Osagiede, uCollins Owhofsa Otughwor, uOsariemen Eric Clement, uMusa Mudashiri, uFranklyn Edosa Osagiede kanye noPrince Ibeabuchi Mark — kusolwa ukuthi angamalungu eqembu lezigebengu elihleliwe i-Black Axe, futhi afunwa yiziphathimandla zase-US mayelana namacala okukhwabanisa ngobuchwepheshe kanye nokushintshwa kwemali engekho emthethweni (money laundering).

Abasolwa kuthiwa baqole abesifazane abangaphezu kuka-100 base-United States, lapho kuthiwa babakhwabanisele imali engaphezu kuka-R100 million ngemikhonyovu yothando eyenziwa ku-inthanethi.

Phakathi kwabantu okuthiwa bakhwabaniswa kwakukhona abathola impesheni nosomabhizinisi, okubikwa ukuthi baqolwa ngobudlelwano obuyinkimbinkimbi be-inthanethi obabusetshenziselwa ukubaphuca imali yabo.

Laba abayisithupha babengxenye yeqembu labantu abayisishiyagalombili baseNigeria — uPerry Osagiede, uEnorense Izevbiege, uFranklin Edosa Osagiede, uOsariemen Eric Clement, uCollins Owhofasa Otughwor, uMusa Mudashiru, uToriseju Gabriel Otubu, kanye noPrince Ibeabuchi Mark — ababoshwa eNingizimu Afrika ngo-2021, kulandela umsebenzi omkhulu wokuboshwa kwezigebengu owenziwa yi-Hawks/DPCI.

NgoNhlolanja ka-2024, iNkantolo kaMantshi yaseKapa yakhipha isinqumo esisemthethweni sokuthi laba abasolwa badluliselwe e-US. Nokho, u-Izevbiege no-Otubu abaqhubekanga nezikhalazo zabo. U-Izevbiege wadluliselwa e-US, kanti u-Otubu wanikezwa ibheyili engu-R210 000 enemibandela.

Ngokuxhumanisa kwe-INTERPOL yaseNingizimu Afrika, laba abayisithupha bathuthwa esikhungweni sokulungiswa kokuziphatha eKapa bayiswa eSikhumulweni Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe saseKapa, ​​lapho banikezelwa khona ezikhulwini ze-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) kanye ne-United States Secret Service, base begibela indiza eya e-United States ohambweni oluthatha amahora angu-16.