Nigeria, June 24 -- Franklin Nwadialo, the chairperson of the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the US over a $3.5 million romance scam.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Nwadialo, now 42, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) upon his arrival at an airport in Texas, the US, on 2 November 2024.

According to the indictment and criminal complaint filed in the case, the official was accused of defrauding victims of more than $3.3 million in the romance scam.

The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant US Attorneys Sok Jiang and David T. Martin.

Mr Nwadialo was sentenced to five years in prison late on Monday in the US District Cou...