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ADVERTISEMENT The family of Abidemi Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, has begun a process of getting him a surety. Mr Rufai is currently enmeshed in a $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States. He was arraigned on Wednesday before Magistrate Ramon Reyes. He was ordered to remain in detention after his brother, Alaba Rufai, who is listed in court records was unable to afford the $300,000 surety bond for his bail. The suspect’s lawyer, Michael Barrows of Garden City, New York was earlier reported to have said he would “seek alternative surety” and re-...

Thursday, May 20, 2021 Ogun Governor Abiodun's Aide Denied Bail In $650 million Unemployment Fraud Case In The US + Poses Extreme Risk Of Flight Chai... A federal magistrate in New York ruled Wednesday that a Nigerian citizen charged in last year’s $650 million unemployment fraud in Washington state cannot be released before his trial. Abidemi Rufai, 42, arrested Friday in New York as he prepared to fly to Nigeria, had asked a federal court to release him to the custody of his brother, who is an attorney in New York, according to federal prosecutors and Abidemi Rufai’s private attorney. H...

❚ You already voted!   A federal magistrate in New York has ruled against granting bail before the trial of Abidemi Rufai, a senior special assistant to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun. Now suspended by the state government, Mr Rufai is accused of $350,000 employment fraud in the United States.   The 42-year-old was arrested last Friday evening on his way back to Nigeria at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York based on criminal complaint. Rufai made his initial appearance last Saturday in New York and he appeared for a detention hearing on Wednesday. The Nigeria...

4 min read The United States Department of Justice has written a letter to the United States Magistrate Judge in Eastern District of New York, Ramon Reyes, on why it is dangerous to release an aide to The Acting U.S. Attorney, Tessa Gorma, in a letter obtained exclusively by PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday said Mr Rufai presents an extreme risk of flight and “if he does escape to Nigeria, extradition will be extraordinarily difficult or impossible because of his ties to the Nigerian government.” This newspaper reported that the suspect used to work as Senior Special Assistant t...

ADVERTISEMENT Abidemi Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, has spoken on his alleged involvement in a $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud. Mr Rufai was His attorney, Michael Barrows of Garden City, New York, on Tuesday, said Mr Rufai denied Mr Barrows also said if granted bail, he (Rufai) “doesn’t represent a flight risk, in part because he has given up his passport.” The lawyer argued that his client could be “prevented from fleeing through less restrictive means than having him remain in jail, including travel restrictions and electronic surveillance.” Mr Barr...