{"id":204376,"date":"2026-04-25T08:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/204376\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:55:13","slug":"ice-to-deport-53-year-old-nigerian-olatunde-abiodun-olusanjo-accused-of-child-molestation-sexual-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/204376\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE to deport 53-year-old Nigerian Olatunde Abiodun Olusanjo accused of child molestation, sexual battery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested a Nigerian, Olatunde Abiodun Olusanjo, accused of child molestation and sexual battery.<\/p>\n

Mr Olusanjo, 53, now risks deportation to Nigeria for staying in the U.S. illegally.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Saturday, ICE in Los Angeles announced that Mr Olusanjo was arrested during its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and had been in custody since April 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cLos Angeles ERO arrested Olatunde Abiodun Olusanjo, 53, of Nigeria, Apr. 21,\u201d the statement circulated on social media said.<\/p>\n

The ICE noted that Mr Olusanjo was previously arrested for child molestation and sexual battery amongst other offences.<\/p>\n

\u201cOlusanjo has previous arrests for child molestation, sexual battery and soliciting lewd conduct. He is in ICE custody pending removal,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The arrest came as another episode of Nigerians arrested for staying in the U.S. illegally amid President Donald Trump\u2019s crackdown on illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, over 100 Nigerians have been arrested and facing deportation to Nigeria since the crackdown on illegal migrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Besides, Mr Olusanjo\u2019s arrest forms part of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration nationwide crackdown on mass immigration, with the former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claiming that over three million \u2018illegal aliens\u2019 had been deported as of January 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn President Trump\u2019s first year back in office, nearly 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S. because of the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on illegal immigration, including an estimated 2.2 million self-deportations and more than 675,000 deportations,\u201d Ms Noem said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier in February American authorities also listed\u00a018 Nigerian nationals<\/a>\u00a0tagged the \u2018worst of the worst\u2019 criminals for deportation to the West African country, with serial fraudster and disgraced businessman Obinwanne \u2018Invictus\u2019 Okeke being one of them.<\/p>\n

This followed Mr Okeke\u2019s release from custody by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons\u00a0 Mr Okeke, after spending six years in jail for scamming America-based businesses of $11 million between 2015 and 2019.<\/p>\n

As expected, Mr Olusanjo\u2019s arrest has sparked reactions on social media, with many expressing concerns that he could return to Nigeria and continue committing crimes more freely.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most painful part is they will send him back here and he will continue this crime here. When people commit crimes against US from other countries, you ask for extradition. Please he committed the crimes there, prosecute him there,\u201d X user @UmehWrites said.<\/p>\n

Another commenter, @MDApieA2, also canvassed a similar position, stating, \u201cAnother diaspora pervert shockingly finding out that sexually abusing children in Nigeria without recourse actually results in a different outcome outside Nigeria is arrest, prosecution, conviction and imprisonment. I hope they castrate him as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNigerians are now being recognised for another low internationally; paedophilia. This and fraud are clearly pushing Nigeria higher on the global crime index data. Presently no. 7,\u201d a commenter, @edolefty, stated as he highlighted growing penchant for crimes by some Nigerians abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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