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Another Nigerian politician, Abidemi Rufai, nabbed for $350,000 fraud by the FBI

By Guardian Exclusive
19 May 2021   |   12:40 pm
42-year-old Nigerian and an aide to a state governor in Nigeria, Abidemi Rufai, has been arrested for wire fraud schemes in the United States. Abidemi Rufai was picked up at the JFK Airport, New York by the FBI while trying to board his flight back to Nigeria.

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