The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified 10 Nigerians among its “Worst of the Worst” list of criminal immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The new names, posted on the DHS website, are associated with offences including wire fraud, identity theft, narcotics offences, child-related crimes, larceny, serious assault and weapons possession.
The development puts yet another set of Nigerians in the crosshairs of the stepped-up immigration enforcement drive of the Trump administration.
The current leak comes approximately seven weeks after a far larger list about Nigerians was published by the US government.
The 10 Nigerians in the latest version did not appear on that July list.
On 9 July 2026, DHS published the names and pictures of 124 Nigerians on the same roster, associating the persons with various criminal crimes.
Among those appearing under the new names is Temitope Bashua, linked to wire fraud, identity theft and fraud in Allenwood, Pennsylvania.
Other names include Ojehoro Lewis, charged with child abuse in Conroe, Texas, and Franklin Dikeocha, accused of a sex crime, fondling, against a kid in Dallas, Texas.
Louisville, Kentucky and Oxford, Wisconsin were the sites of wire fraud charges against Osemudiamen Kingsley Oziegbe and Raymond H. Ekevwo, respectively.
Johnson Ogunlana, White Deer, Pennsylvania, is wanted for fraud and identity theft Chukwuemeka Chinye, Pollock, Louisiana, is wanted for larceny from a banking type institution, fraud, larceny, identity theft and conspiracy.
Daniel Oworen, Conroe, Texas, is being sought for hazardous drugs.
Chukwuemeka Okorocha, from Allenwood, Pennsylvania, is facing a wider list of charges, including wire fraud, hazardous substances, possession of a weapon and aggravated assault with a non-family gun.
DHS said the register was created to highlight what it called the “worst of worst criminal aliens” taken into custody by ICE.
“Under DHS leadership, the hard working men and women of DHS and ICE are fulfilling President Trump’s promise and carrying out mass deportations, starting with the worst of the worst, including the illegal aliens you see here,” DHS declared.
The original publication and the subsequent update do not provide a date of deportation for the Nigerians identified, however the DHS has mentioned large deportations.
The current registration also does not say the 10 persons have been deported yet.
Instead, it names them as criminal aliens who were apprehended by ICE and details the charges linked with their cases.
The news is an addition to the US authorities’ public roster of Nigerians facing immigration enforcement action, not a proof that all persons identified have been removed from the US.
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