Documents Reveal Iwo Monarch was Convicted for Felony, Deported from the US

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Documents seen by NewsmakersNG today has revealed that the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulraheed Akanbi was deported from the US to Nigeria in 1999 after his conviction for aggravated felony.

He was deported after using the name Segun Adewale Adeonigbagbe to enter the United States.

The monarch again tried to gain entry into America through Peace Bridge land crossing border from Canada but was arrested on March 11, 2011 after using the name Adewale Akanbi with June 21, 1967 as his date of birth.

He was subsequently held in custody until December 19, 2011 when he was deported to Canada where he has a resident permit.

Details of his offence are contained in a court document signed by William J. Honcho Jrn, a former United States Attorney.

The document reads: “On about March 11, 2011, in the Western District of New York, the defendant, Segun Adewale Adeonigbagbe aka Prince Adewale Akanbi, an alien who had previously been deported and removed from the United States on or about May 18, 1999, subsequent to a conviction for commission of an aggravated felony, did enter, attempt to enter and was voluntarily present and found in the United States without having first obtained the express consent of the Attorney-General of the United States or his successor, the Secretary for Homeland Security, to reapply for admission to the United States. 

“All in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326 (a) and 1326 (b) (2).”

See screenshot of the incriminating documents:

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