The Nigeria Police Force has arrested of two internationally wanted fugitives: Felix Omoregie alias “Eghosa Johnson Omoregie,” a suspected ringleader of a human trafficking syndicate wanted by Belgian authorities, and Okwudili Sabastine Ezeje, a key member of a Dubai-based armed robbery gang.
Felix Omoregie, who is said to be the alleged mastermind of a large-scale human trafficking operation in Belgium and had been declared wanted by the Belgian authorities through an INTERPOL Red Notice issued on 19th December 2023, was arrested in Benin City, Edo State, following diligent intelligence and enforcement efforts by Police operatives.
He is scheduled to be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Benin City on accusations of trafficking young Nigerian women, including minors, to Italy and subsequently dispersing them across Europe for sexual exploitation. Following a conviction in absentia in Belgium in 2021 for multiple counts of aggravated human trafficking and criminal organization leadership, Omoregie fled to Nigeria.
Upon his arrest, a search of his premises revealed incriminating materials, including a photocopy of a passport intended for a planned relocation to Canada.
The INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, also apprehended 37-year-old Okwudili Sabastine Ezeje who is wanted by authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a series of serious crimes including armed robbery, cultism, drug trafficking, and other organized criminal activities. at a hideout in Nsukka, Enugu State.
Ezeje who has continued to coordinate criminal operations remotely from Nigeria has been directly linked to several high-profile robberies in Dubai and Sharjah, including an armed robbery at a grocery store in Dubai Mall, a targeted hit on Al Ansari Exchange in Jumeirah, and another heist at a Bureau de Change in Jebel Ali Village. The arraignment of Okwudili Ezeje who was arrested following collaboration with the Dubai Police is expected to take place shortly.
