The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has added 10 Nigerians to its “Worst of the Worst” register of immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in connection with criminal cases.
The names were published on Friday, August 28, 2026, in cases involving wire fraud, identity theft, drug offences, crimes against children, weapons possession, aggravated assault and conspiracy.
Those listed are Temitope Bashua, Ojehoro Lewis, Osemudiamen Kingsley Oziegbe, Daniel Oworen, Raymond H. Ekevwo, Franklin Dikeocha, Johnson Ogunlana, Chukwuemeka Okorocha, Tunde Korede and Chukwuemeka Chinye.
Bashua, listed in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, is associated with wire fraud, identity theft and fraud, while Lewis, in Conroe, Texas, is listed over cruelty towards a child.
Oziegbe, in Louisville, Kentucky, and Ekevwo, in Oxford, Wisconsin, are linked to wire-fraud cases. Oworen, in Conroe, is listed over dangerous drugs.
Dikeocha, in Dallas, is associated with a child-related sex offence identified as fondling, while Ogunlana, in White Deer, Pennsylvania, is listed over fraud and identity theft.
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Okorocha, in Allenwood, is associated with wire fraud, dangerous drugs, weapon possession and aggravated assault involving a non-family gun.
Korede, also in Allenwood, is listed over conspiracy, while Chinye, in Pollock, Louisiana, is associated with larceny from a banking-type institution, fraud, larceny, identity theft and conspiracy.
DHS says the register highlights immigrants it considers among the most serious criminal offenders arrested by ICE and forms part of President Donald Trump’s intensified immigration-enforcement campaign.
The latest release follows a July 9, 2026 update that included 124 Nigerians on the same register.
However, the August 28 publication does not provide deportation dates for the 10 Nigerians. Inclusion on the register also does not, by itself, establish a conviction for every offence listed against an individual.
The latest additions come amid an expanded US immigration crackdown targeting immigrants whom federal authorities associate with serious criminal cases.