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Invictus Obi, jailed in US for $11m fraud, released from prison
Obinwanne Okeke, a Nigerian entrepreneur popularly known as Invictus Obi, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for fraud in the United States, has been released from prison.
Checks on the website of the US Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) show that Okeke was no longer in custody as of Wednesday, December 23, 2025.
The result indicates that Okeke was “Not in BOP Custody as of: 12/23/2025”.
In February 2021, Okeke was sentenced to a 10-year jail term over $11 million fraud after he pleaded guilty to the charges.
Based on the sentence, the Nigerian entrepreneur was due to leave prison custody on September 3, 2028.
However, TheCable cannot independently confirm the full details of Okeke’s sentencing as it is possible that he may have been issued some years of supervised release or other reprieve.
The assumption that the Nigerian entrepreneur would have been moved to a state prison appears not feasible as he was sentenced on federal crimes.
Okeke was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at Dulles International Airport while leaving the US over $11 million internet fraud in 2019.
Okeke and others engaged in an email compromise scheme targeting Unatrac Holding Limited, the export sales office for Caterpillar heavy industrial and farm equipment.
In April 2018, a Unatrac executive fell prey to a phishing email that allowed conspirators to capture login credentials. The conspirators sent fraudulent wire transfer requests and attached fake invoices.
The Nigerian was once listed by Forbes as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans.
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43-year-old man arrested for allegedly def!ling his 7-year-old niece in Imo
A 43- year- old man, Kelechi Nwosu, has been arrested for allegedly def!l!ng his sister’s 7-year-old daughter in Umuobi Umukam in Obollo Autonomous Community, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on December 20, 2025.
Activist and journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, December 24, said the suspect was arrested by his kinsmen and handed over to Police at Isiala Mbano Divisional Headquarters from where he was taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, in Owerri.
Okeoma, who is the president of a human rights organization, Stand For Humanity Foundation, said medical investigations carried out at the Police clinic in Owerri on Tuesday revealed that the child was @bused.
The result of the medical investigations also revealed that the suspect transmitted a urinary infection on the minor.
The spokesperson for the Imo State Police Command, DSP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the arrest said that the suspect would be arraigned at the conclusion of the investigations.
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Pastor Chris Okafor’s Lawyer Alleges Cyber Smear, Threatens Legal Action Against VeryDarkMan
Lawyers to Pastor Dr. Chris Okafor, the Senior Pastor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministries, also known as Grace Nation Liberation City, have alleged that social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, alongside a woman identified as Miss Chi, are behind an alleged coordinated cyber smear campaign involving incitement, bullying, harassment, stalking, criminal defamation, and malicious impersonation targeted at the cleric.
Addressing journalists at a press briefing held in Owerri on December 24, 2025, Okafor’s legal team led by Barr Maxwell Opara said the alleged acts were carried out across multiple digital platforms with the intention of damaging Okafor’s reputation, inciting public hostility, and undermining his ministry.
Opara said that the current controversy followed earlier incidents of alleged cyber bullying and defamatory publications linked to one Doris Ogala and others, matters which he said are already before relevant law enforcement agencies.
The legal team noted that Okafor deliberately refrained from engaging publicly on those claims in order to allow investigations to proceed without interference.
He expressed concern that while those issues remain unresolved, a fresh wave of allegations emerged online, featuring interviews and commentaries presenting a woman who identifies herself as Miss Chi Okafor as the biological daughter of the pastor, alongside claims that he abandoned his family and failed in his parental responsibilities.
According to him, Okafor has categorically denied the allegations, describing them as false, malicious, misleading, and gravely defamatory. They said the pastor would ordinarily ignore what they described as the antics of “jobless agents of destruction,” but chose to address the paternity allegation directly to correct the public record.
The lawyer disclosed that a formal warning letter has been issued to VeryDarkMan, accusing him of persistently using platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to harass, defame, and incite the public against the pastor, while allegedly issuing threats under the guise of activism aimed at destroying his person and ministry.
He questioned the ethics of publishing and amplifying an interview with a woman allegedly impersonating Okafor’s daughter without first seeking his response, describing the action as reckless, unprofessional, and driven by the pursuit of online engagement, based on the assumption that the cleric would remain silent.
Providing what he described as the factual background, the lawyer said that during the early years of Okafor’s pastoral journey, a woman approached him claiming to be pregnant for him. He said the pastor accepted responsibility and married her, but the marriage later became troubled by conduct he described as inconsistent with the expectations of a preacher’s household.
He further alleged that the situation worsened when the woman became pregnant again and, during a period when Okafor was kidnapped and held in captivity for about 50 days, she denied knowing him when contacted by his abductors for ransom. According to the lawyer, funds raised by Okafor’s extended family for his release were allegedly handed to her but diverted, while the pastor eventually regained his freedom without her assistance.
Following his release, the lawyer said disputes intensified, during which the woman allegedly questioned the paternity of the children herself. He said Okafor subsequently demanded DNA tests, the results of which reportedly confirmed that neither of the two children was biologically his.
The lawyer claimed that the DNA certificate remains in the possession of the woman and challenged her to make it public, insisting that the findings led to the dissolution of the marriage and a complete severance of personal ties, with the woman leaving with the children.
He added that despite the DNA outcome, Okafor continued to support the children’s education and welfare strictly on humanitarian grounds, including assisting them in their academic and career pursuits in Canada and the United Kingdom. He stressed that such support should not be misconstrued as an admission of paternity.
He maintained that any public claim suggesting that the pastor abandoned a spouse or biological children is false, misleading, and defamatory, adding that the continued portrayal of the individuals as Okafor’s biological children constitutes gross misrepresentation and cyber bullying.
Opara demanded the immediate retraction of all alleged false and defamatory statements, public apologies in two national newspapers, the removal of all related online content, and a complete cessation of any claims of familial ties with the pastor, warning that failure to comply would leave their client with no option but to pursue all available legal remedies to protect his reputation, integrity, and ministry.
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Thank God I ‘m alive to share my story – Nigerian woman says she regrets bringing her husband to Canada
A Nigerian woman, Loveth, has said she regrets knowing her husband and bringing him to Canada.
While the mother of four didn’t elaborate on the reasons she is looking back at her 14-year marriage with regret, she expressed gratitude to God for being alive to share her story.
Responding to a follower who suggested that her husband paid her school fees, Loveth revealed that she singlehandedly sponsored her relocation to Canada and paid her school fees.

She further revealed that she also sponsored her husband their children’s relocation to Canada.
“This is a 14 year journey of experiences that will shake the world if I choose to speak. Even you as a man go fear man. Thank God I’m alive to share my story by myself. I leave it here for now.”
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