US charges two Nigerians, others over illegal voting

The United States Department of Justice has filed charges against two Nigerians and numerous other foreign nationals for purported illegal voting, voter registration fraud, and providing false claims of American citizenship in connection with federal elections. The charges involve 63 individuals across the nation, with the offenses including non-US citizens voting in federal elections, falsely claiming citizenship to register or vote, and submitting fraudulent voter registration applications.

The announcement was made on Monday, as part of a continuous campaign against alleged election-related crimes. The two Nigerians identified in the charges are Mohammed Omar Hassan, 61, and Michael Agah, 74, both lawful permanent residents. Hassan was charged in the Southern District of Texas for voting by a non-US citizen, while Agah was charged in the Western District of North Carolina for voting by a non-US citizen and falsely claiming US citizenship to vote.

Both men allegedly voted in both the 2022 and 2024 elections. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that this marks the largest surge of voter-fraud arrests since President Trump took office, with the department charging 195 non-US citizens across 25 states for illegal voting and registration offenses in the past nine weeks, bringing the total number of people charged with voter fraud-related offenses since the start of the administration to 239.