American Court in Nigerian prison for the fatal sixteen of a teenage girl

A Federal Court of the United States condemned a 25 -year -old Nigerian man, Samuel Inhabitun, five years in prison for his role in a sixth scheme that tragically caused the death of a teenager.

According to a declaration by the American prosecutor for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, David Metcalf, inhaboun was sentenced on Tuesday by the United States District Judge Joel Slomsky after declaring himself guilty of recyclative money and cable fraud in December 2024.

Inhabitun, together with his accomplices Afeez Adwale and Samson Aina, was arrested in Nigeria by the FBI and extradited to the United States in July 2024.

The trio was officially charged the following month.

Metcalf explained that inhabitants acted as a financial conduit in the extortion ring, which targeted young vulnerables online and used explicit images to extort money, at the end of the death of a young victim.

“As a financial intermediary, inhabedun played a key role in this sixth scheme, which traumatized the victim and devastated his family,” Metcalf said.

“These scammers have no regard for the emotional or psychological impact of their actions: they are only after the money.

“This case sends a clear message: the Department of Justice of the United States will reach the authors through the boundaries.”

The co-accused of inhaboun, Samson Aina, declared himself guilty in May 2025 for multiple accusations, including cyberstalking, threatening to hurt reputation through state lines, receiving extortion income, conspiracy for money laundering and wire fraud. Aina should be sentenced on August 11 and could face life in prison.

In the meantime, a third suspicion, Afez Adwale, remains in Nigeria.

He has been accused in conspiracy in money laundering and thread fraud and is waiting for extradition.

Metcalf praised the cooperation of the Nigerian government in facilitating the extradition of Inhabitun and Aina, recognizing the support of the prosecutor General of the Federation, of the Federal Ministry of International Justice Criminal Justice Cooperation Department and the Commission for economic and financial crimes (EFCC).

“This international partnership was essential to consider these individuals responsible,” he added.

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