Two Nigerian athletes face 10 years jail terms in U.S. for wire, mail fraud

Former Nigerian jumper, hurdler and sprinter, Seigha Porbeni, is sad over the travail of African Games 100m champion, Raymond Ekevwo

, and five other athletes, who have been indicted by the United States of America for wire and mail fraud.

Already, two of the athletes, Emmanuel Ineh and Toluwani Adebakin, have been convicted by America of Internet fraud and will be sentenced to 10 years in jail. “According to court documents, Emmanuel Inch, 23, and Toluwani Adebakin, 25, pleaded guilty to violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957, for engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activities, collectively sending tens of thousands of illicitly obtained proceeds to fraudsters in Nigeria as part of a larger mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy.

Before their indictment for mail and wire fraud by America, Porbeni had warned that the Yahoo Yahoo phenomenon was the major issue affecting the performance of the nation’s male athletes at international competitions.

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