Opinion
22-cr-801
12-03-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LILIAN O. OKEREKE Defendant.
ORDER MODIFYING CONDITIONS OF RELEASE
HON. KATHARINE S. HAYDEN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
This matter having come before the Court by application of the Defendant, Lilian Okereke, by her attorney, Olubukola O. Adetula, Esq., dated November 26, 2024; and the Court having considered the request, to which the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section (by Nicholas Peone, Trial Attorney) does not object, and the U.S. Pretrial Services Office for the District of New Jersey also has no objection:
IT IS, therefore, on this 3rd day of December 2024, ORDERED that Ms. Okereke's conditions of release be modified (1) to extend Ms. Okcreke's travel to include Nigeria between December 6, 2024 and January 12, 2025, with prior approval of her travel itinerary by the Government and Pretrial Services Office; (2) Pretrial Services Office shall to return to Ms. Okereke her U.S. and Nigerian passports, solely for purposes of travel between the United States and Nigeria on the above dates; (3) Ms. Okereke shall travel with her husband, Victor Ezukam, and her three children, Adanna Ezukarn, Urenna Ezukam, and Jidcnna Ezukam, all of whom shall travel to Nigeria on December 6, 2024 and return to New Jersey on January 12, 2025. While in Nigeria, they shall reside at 38 Raufu Williams Street, Suru-Lere, Lagos Nigeria, with Chioma Nwokoro, her childhood friend; and (4) Ms. Okereke shall, if requested, execute and provide a waiver of extradition to the Government prior to her travel on December 6, 2024.