COVID-19 Pushed Me To Swindle America $4.2 Million, Nigerian Monarch Tells U.S. Court
A United States court has received a fresh plea for leniency from the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, who admitted guilt in a $4.2 million COVID-19 relief fraud scandal that stunned both Nigeria and the U.S. In a sentencing memorandum filed on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, before Judge Christopher Boyko of…