Three Nigerians are among 25 foreign-born individuals whose United States citizenship has been targeted for revocation by the US Department of Justice following denaturalisation actions filed over alleged serious criminal offences and misrepresentation during the naturalisation process.

The Nigerians are Jonathan Omorogieva Obasohan, Yetunde Folake Olaniyi and Vivian Chike Obichere, according to the list released by the department.

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The Justice Department said the complaints were filed between July 20 and August 3, 2026, in various federal district courts across the country, as part of what it described as a historic enforcement drive against individuals who allegedly obtained US citizenship unlawfully.

Other Africans named in the actions are Enos Fong Korti of Liberia, Esther Quayle and Eddie Jones Appah of Ghana, and Francois Nguessi Dame of Cameroon.

The list also includes Zia Murad Bhatti and Mohd Wasif of Pakistan, Narinder Singh of India, and Tatiana Power of Moldova, while Yi Lee is from Taiwan.

Those named from Latin America and the Caribbean include Emigdio Sanchez and Jose Luis Martinez-Zavala of Mexico; Louisa Fernandez Ordonez and Juan Camilo Montoya of Colombia; Jose Francisco Cruz of Honduras; Jairo Tellez of Cuba; Carlos Ernesto Giron and Miguel Eduardo Romero of El Salvador; Cantave Previlon of Haiti; and Manuel Antonio La Rosa-Lopez of Peru.

Dwyane Robinson of Jamaica, Haitham Mustafa of Jordan and Syed Tanweer Ahmad of Sweden complete the 25-person list.

The individuals face allegations involving serious offences, including attempted first-degree murder, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Under the US Immigration and Nationality Act, a naturalised citizen may be denaturalised and have their certificate of naturalisation cancelled if citizenship was illegally obtained or secured through the concealment of a material fact or wilful misrepresentation.

The latest complaints bring to 123 the number of civil denaturalisation cases filed by the Justice Department since January 20, 2025, which the department said was the highest number recorded in its history.

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said the enforcement action was based on the principle that American citizenship must be acquired lawfully and honestly.

“US citizenship is one of our nation’s highest privileges, and it must be obtained lawfully and honestly,” Blanche said.

The latest actions signal an intensified approach by the administration to citizenship cases involving alleged fraud, particularly where applicants are accused of concealing criminal records or providing false information during the naturalisation process.