{"id":27111,"date":"2025-12-17T20:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=27111"},"modified":"2025-12-17T20:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:54:33","slug":"nigerian-couple-kidnap-federal-agent-to-avoid-deportation-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=27111","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Couple \u2018Kidnap\u2019 Federal Agent to Avoid Deportation: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Nigerian national and a Twin Cities woman are facing federal charges after allegedly assaulting a Homeland Security agent this week during an incident initially reported as a kidnapping.<\/p>\n

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Alpha News\u00a0reported last week<\/a>\u00a0that Plymouth and New Hope police officers responded to a call indicating a federal agent had been taken against his will and was inside a suspect\u2019s moving vehicle.<\/p>\n

The outlet reported that federal assault charges were filed late Thursday against Oluwadamilola Ogooluwa Bamigboye, 24, and Rekeya Lionesha Lee Frazier, 23.<\/p>\n

According to a police report and statement obtained by Crime Watch from the Plymouth Police Department, officers from both Plymouth and New Hope tracked the vehicle as it traveled from Plymouth to New Hope.<\/p>\n

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The report states that multiple 911 calls were placed during the pursuit, including one from another federal agent who was chasing the suspect vehicle and another from the driver of the vehicle, who told dispatchers they were heading to a police department.<\/p>\n

The vehicle was ultimately stopped in front of the New Hope Police Department, where the agent was safely recovered. One suspect fled on foot near a nearby Hy-Vee store but was later detained, along with a woman who remained inside the vehicle, Alpha News reported.<\/p>\n

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According to an FBI affidavit, Homeland Security Investigations agents were conducting surveillance in an apartment parking lot in Plymouth while searching for Bamigboye, a Nigerian national accused of overstaying a student visa,\u00a0noted KTSP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The affidavit states that three agents \u2014 two in plain clothes and one wearing a vest marked \u201cPOLICE\u201d and \u201cHSI\u201d \u2014 approached Bamigboye after observing him exit a Jeep SUV driven by Frazier. Investigators say the agents displayed their badges and identified themselves as law enforcement.<\/p>\n