The United Kingdom (UK) Metropolitan Police say their records identify the Nigerian man recently extradited to the country over murder allegations as “Matthew Chukuemeka Adebiyi.”
In an email response sent to TheCable on Friday evening, the UK police confirmed that the suspect’s name is “Chukuemeka”, corroborating the earlier statement published by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
“Hello, Our records show it as Matthew Chukuemeka ADEBIYI. Thanks,” UK Metropolitan police wrote in the mail to TheCable.
On Thursday, many Nigerians on X accused the NPF of “ethnic bigotry” after it released a statement that included “Chukuemeka” in the suspect’s name.
In the statement, the NPF identified the suspect as “Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi”.
Many of those who commented on the police statement alleged that the police included the name to identify the suspect as someone from the south-east geopolitical zone.
The NPF had on Thursday announced that Adebiyi has been extradited to the UK to face charges on alleged murder and drug trafficking.
Anthony Placid, the force spokesperson, said Adebiyi was arrested on January 23, 2025, by operatives of the INTERPOL’s national central bureau (NCB) in Abuja.
Placid said the UK authorities requested the extradition of the suspect in September 2024 over his “alleged involvement in the murder of one Joshua Boadu on 18th June 2018”.
The force spokesperson said Adebiyi fled to Nigeria to evade arrest after the alleged involvement in the murder.
In November 2025, a federal high court in Lagos ordered his extradition to the UK to face trial over allegations.
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