Earlier today, the Federal Bureau for Investigation (FBI) indicted 80 Nigerian fraudsters for charges bordering on financial crimes and theft.

Live-streaming the FBI's announcement on Twitter, ABC News; the news division of the American Broadcasting Company, ran a 30 minutes broadcast of the announcement on Twitter which saw over 80 Nigerians and US nationals charged with fraud.

Several Americans have reacted to the indictment, and the level of the wire fraud, with many referring to Obinwanne Okeke as 'the Nigerian Prince', a name which might have referred to the generic name scammers use in luring their unsuspecting victims by claiming to have an inheritance they would want to share with them.

A comment on the (ABC's twitter) thread reads: "They're FINALLY going after the Nigerian Princes that been bugging people for money othe last Billion years", whilst another user, Ruth Barbe commended the FBI tweeting "About time. Well done authorities concerned".

Many others are, however, sarcastic with their replies, asking if there would be no more Nigerian Princes.

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See screenshots of replies below:

ABC News Tweet about the FBI’s announcement earlier today.


Responses to ABC’s Tweet about the FBI’s indictment of Obinwanne ‘Invictus’ Okeke


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And the tweets keep coming!


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And, finally, the last of the perk!

How can you go to America of all places to run scam ,a country that has the highest data base record,that’s a country that never forgets ,ask yourself why hushpuppy will never go to USA despite how much he has made so far,he knows that’s a country that has all records of every yahoo boys sins,it’s crazy what is happening these day’s,it’s true that that graduates are seen as fools lately just because they want to depend on their monthly income while yahoo boys are seen as hero’s and are winning ,abnormality is now the new trend ,what baffles me most is the the countless names of Igbos on the list,Abeg it’s time we give them their Biafra ,at least If they want to spoil any name let it be Biafra and not the whole Nigeria ,the damage is much already ,imagine being in a class in USA and telling everyone you re Nigerian and you are being seen as a terrorist too the only difference is just that yours ain’t with bomb but yours can ruin someone’s life in seconds ....Can we please go back to our factory settings ....

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feel so ashame

Dey don too do these people bad

Naija has gone sour 100%.

We will now be treated as pariah everywhere

Being a Nigerian is officially a crime. We've come a long long way mehn!

A sad day to be a Nigerian.
But wait o. Everyday is a sad day to be a Nigerian.

This one don hook them for throat

This one is just the list of our yahoo boys. What about the list of our yahoo yahoo politicians. If America wants to fight corruption, they should not fight a selective corruption like buhari own. They should give us the list of our yahoo yahoo leaders too. Those boys are doing what they learn from their leaders. Only one yahoo politician is bigger than those 80 names combine.

Kingpee2:
How can you go to America of all places to run scam ,a country that has the highest data base record,that’s a country that never forgets ,ask yourself why hushpuppy will never go to USA despite how much he has made so far,he knows that’s a country that has all records of every yahoo boys sins,it’s crazy what is happening these day’s,it’s true that that graduates are seen as fools lately just because they want to depend on their monthly income while yahoo boys are seen as hero’s and are winning ,abnormality is now the new trend ,what baffles me most is the the countless names of Igbos on the list,Abeg it’s time we give them their Biafra ,at least If they want to spoil any name let it be Biafra and not the whole Nigeria ,the damage is much already ,imagine being in a class in USA and telling everyone you re Nigerian and you are being seen as a terrorist too the only difference is just that yours ain’t with bomb but yours can ruin someone’s life in seconds ....Can we please go back to our factory settings ....

The United States of America remains the easiest country to commit crime, most especially financial in the world. Take my statement wholly. It would surprise you that UAE is quite more difficult than you think.

Quite sad

Kingpee2:
How can you go to America of all places to run scam ,a country that has the highest data base record,that’s a country that never forgets ,ask yourself why hushpuppy will never go to USA despite how much he has made so far,he knows that’s a country that has all records of every yahoo boys sins,it’s crazy what is happening these day’s,it’s true that that graduates are seen as fools lately just because they want to depend on their monthly income while yahoo boys are seen as hero’s and are winning ,abnormality is now the new trend ,what baffles me most is the the countless names of Igbos on the list,Abeg it’s time we give them their Biafra ,at least If they want to spoil any name let it be Biafra and not the whole Nigeria ,the damage is much already ,imagine being in a class in USA and telling everyone you re Nigerian and you are being seen as a terrorist too the only difference is just that yours ain’t with bomb but yours can ruin someone’s life in seconds ....Can we please go back to our factory settings ....

Adebowale is also a biafran.
Illiterate.

RTSC2:

Adebowale is also a biafran.
Illiterate.

You cant bring one ant out of several cows,idiot.

ubcandid:


The United States of America remains the easiest country to commit crime, most especially financial in the world. Take my statement wholly. It would surprise you that UAE is quite more difficult than you think.

You’re right! He doesn’t know what he’s saying. Usa has the highest rate of scam in the whole world. Lately I was told about one scam that’s happening in the USA. If you go to a gas station to buy gas then insert your card to pay, there’s this device that can read your credit card details, every details needed to steal funds from your account. The device has been coupled with the pump card reader. Lord knows how they doing that! Usa leads others follows..

Kingpee2:
You can bring one ant out of several cows,idiot.

Illiterate.
You probably don't remember the gravity of adebowale committed.

Even the internet fraud you are busy yapping about is majorly Yoruba dominated.
EFCC and the FBI have arrested ten times more Yorubas over the years over Internet fraud, than any other group in Africa.

Fingerlins:



You’re right! He doesn’t know what he’s saying. Usa has the highest rate of scam in the whole world. Lately I was told about one scam that’s happening in the USA. If you go to a gas station to buy gas then insert your card to pay, there’s this device that can read your credit card details, every details needed to steal funds from your account. The device has been coupled with the pump card reader. Lord knows how they doing that! Usa leads others follows..

Even at hotel lobbies and clubs. Apart from that, the organizational level of the American society makes it easier to commit crime and stay anonymous. Forget the movies we watch, most of the successful criminals in the world cannot do without America.

ubcandid:


Even at hotel lobbies and clubs. Apart from that, the organizational level of the American society makes it easier to commit crime and stay anonymous. Forget the movies we watch, most of the successful criminals in the world cannot do without America.

You’re so right!! I used to know this right from time!

Let us all pray for this country..
What is affecting us as a country is repercussions of bad leaders..
The head is rotten,what do you expect?
Answer for yourselves

RTSC2:

Illiterate.
You probably don't remember the gravity of adebowale committed.

Even the internet fraud you are busy yapping about is majorly Yoruba dominated.
EFCC and the FBI have arrested ten times more Yorubas over the years over Internet fraud, than any other group in Africa.

Mumu
What of Invictus Obi..... flat-head structure defending crime

RTSC2:

Illiterate.
You probably don't remember the gravity of adebowale committed.

Even the internet fraud you are busy yapping about is majorly Yoruba dominated.
EFCC and the FBI have arrested ten times more Yorubas over the years over Internet fraud, than any other group in Africa.

You don’t deserve your life with this trash you just wrote ..

RTSC2:

Illiterate.
You probably don't remember the gravity of adebowale committed.

Even the internet fraud you are busy yapping about is majorly Yoruba dominated.
EFCC and the FBI have arrested ten times more Yorubas over the years over Internet fraud, than any other group in Africa.

Sharap and stop condoning crime Igbo's are giving us bad image period...and the problem is cultural.

Marineghost:


Mumu
What of Invictus Obi..... flat-head structure defending crime

Do you see me defending criminals.?
Invivtus obi is as criminal as thousands of Yoruba youths hovering around nooks and crannies of Yoruba land scamming people online.
All of you deserve lengthy jail time.

Cone headed ugly creature.

proudevil:

Sharap and stop condoning crime Igbo's are giving us bad image period...and the problem is cultural.

Highlight one place where I supported his criminality? Illiterate.
Rather i am drawing the attention of the government to thousands of invictus obi in Yoruba land.

Mompha and hushpuppi are all Yoruba invictus obi.

RTSC2:

Do you see me defending criminals.?
Invivtus obi is as criminal as thousands of Yoruba youths hovering around nooks and crannies of Yoruba land scamming people online.
All of you deserve lengthy jail time.

Cone headed ugly creature.

K