Former President Jonathan Aide Has Been Arrested Over Child Pornography

Former President Jonathan Aide Has Been Arrested Over Child Pornography

Kingsley Kuku, a Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, has been arrested in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on child pornography charges.

According to a report monitored by iexclusive News Nigeria on SaharaReporters, a former President Jonathan aide was detained in 2018 for allegedly spreading child pornography files.

According to the story, the former President Jonathan aide was arrested on Wednesday at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on his route to London, United Kingdom.

“Kingsley Kuku was arrested in Amsterdam,” a high government source familiar with the event told SaharaReporters.

“His warrant was executed over child pornography complaints,” a high government source familiar with the event added. He was detained four days ago on his way to London.

After his arrest at Schiphol, he has been resisting extradition.

“He apparently disseminated child pornography in 2018.” He was flying from Accra, Ghana, with a stopover in Schiphol.

Kingsley Kuku, who was arrested, was elected to the Ondo State House of Assembly and served as Chairman of the House Committee for four years.

In January 2011, Kuku was named Special Adviser on the Niger Delta to former President Goodluck Jonathan and Chairman of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Program.

After the national elections in 2011, former President Jonathan reappointed Kuku to the same position.

Kuku supervised the disarming and demobilization of 30,000 ex-agitators as Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Program for ex-agitators in oil-bearing areas in the Niger Delta.

According to a September 2020 report by THEWILL, the US Department of Justice claimed that billions of naira stolen by Kuku from the Presidential Amnesty Program were transferred to bank accounts in the US, where they were laundered and used to buy planes for Air Peace, as well as luxury homes and vehicles.

Air Peace, which began operations in 2013, is Nigeria’s largest airline, with a fleet of around 20 planes.

Allen Onyema, the airline’s CEO, was characterized by the US government as Kuku’s business partner who laundered at least $44 million via US bank accounts.