{"id":1628,"date":"2019-10-30T04:35:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T04:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2019-10-30T04:35:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T04:35:10","slug":"nigerian-sex-offender-who-came-to-canada-via-roxham-road-fights-extradition-to-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1628","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian sex offender who came to Canada via Roxham Road fights extradition to U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-navbar\">\n<div class=\"l-navbar__top is-animated\">\n<div class=\"l-navbar__inner\">\n<div id=\"menuMain\" class=\"l-navbar__standard is-animated is-faded-out\">\n<nav class=\"l-navbar__topics is-animated\">\n<div class=\"l-main__article l-main__content l-main__section l-article \">\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"l-article__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Nigerian sex offender who came to Canada via Roxham Road fights extradition to U.S.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-byline\" class=\"c-byline l-article__byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__images c-byline__images--single\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-byline__image\" src=\"https:\/\/shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/mikearmstrong_8449_crop.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all&amp;w=136&amp;h=136&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__attribution\">By <a class=\"c-byline__link\" title=\"Posts by Mike Armstrong\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/author\/mike-armstrong\/\"> Mike Armstrong <\/a> <span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--hasName\">Global News<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-byline__date\">Posted October 29, 2019 4:10 pm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"l-article__featured c-figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/aprince.png?w=720\" srcset=\"\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/aprince.png?w=282 280w,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/aprince.png?w=450 450w,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/aprince.png?w=720 720w,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/aprince.png?w=7201200w,\t\t\t\" alt=\"Adesanya Prince appears in a U.S. mugshot. Prince, a registered sex offender in the U.S., crossed into Canada through an irregular crossing in Quebec.\" width=\"282\" height=\"188\" \/><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption\"> <span class=\"c-figure__desc\"> Adesanya Prince appears in a U.S. mugshot. 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<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5056731\/nigeria-sex-offender-adesanya-prince-detained-canada\/\">Nigerian man wanted in Texas on child pornography charges still detained in Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prince is currently in custody in Canada, 19 months after he arrived via Roxham Road, the controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/illegal-border-crossings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial border crossing<\/a> south of Montreal. Last March, Justice Minister David Lametti ordered that Prince be returned to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Yet in documents filed with Quebec\u2019s Court of Appeal, Prince is fighting the extradition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__label\">Story continues below advertisement<\/div>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-300250-10\" class=\"c-ad__unit c-ad__unit--loaded\" data-ad-pos=\"10\" data-in-view=\"true\" data-ad-initialized=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CM_2l-qSw-UCFcQcPwodW38ONw\" data-load-time=\"1572409759800\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_6__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_6\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_6\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the appeal, Prince\u2019s lawyer, Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Giroux, raises three arguments.<\/p>\n<p>She says the minister\u2019s order should be quashed because it didn\u2019t consider that if returned to the U.S., Prince might be deported to Nigeria. Giroux also argues the minister should have considered the conditions Prince would face in Texas prisons. And finally, she says the minister didn\u2019t have the jurisdiction to determine Prince wasn\u2019t a refugee under the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has yet to file a response to Prince\u2019s request for the appeal. The Quebec Court of Appeals has not yet set a date, but may hear the case sometime this fall or winter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\"><span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/175\/870\/2018-05-09T22-47-06.433Z--640x360.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/175\/870\/2018-05-09T22-47-06.433Z--640x360.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" data-always-observe=\"true\" data-in-view=\"true\" data-loaded=\"true\" \/> <span class=\"c-video__overlay\"> <span class=\"c-video__data\"> <time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:00<\/time> <span class=\"c-video__title\">Nigerian sex offender wanted in Texas slips into Canada<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong> <span class=\"c-figure__desc\">Nigerian sex offender wanted in Texas slips into Canada<\/span> <\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Prince, 51, originally consented to extradition on Nov. 1, 2018. However, according to his lawyer, he later changed his mind. He remains in detention at a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) facility north of Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Prince walked across the border into Canada on March 9, 2018. He had pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge in Texas just days earlier and was out on a US$10,000 bond awaiting sentencing. Rather than show up for his sentencing hearing on May 10, 2018, Prince fled to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>He faces a minimum of two years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/4200195\/sex-offender-adesanya-prince-illegal-border-crossing-canada\/\">Registered sex offender slipped into Canada through illegal Quebec crossing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Immediately after crossing the border, Prince was detained by RCMP officers stationed at Roxham Road. He was then turned over to CBSA agents for screening. It was during a security background check that agents found Prince was wanted in Texas on child porn charges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__label\">Story continues below advertisement<\/div>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-300250-11\" class=\"c-ad__unit c-ad__unit--loaded\" data-ad-pos=\"11\" data-in-view=\"true\" data-ad-initialized=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CL6Zme-Sw-UCFVKJaQod8GkBFQ\" data-load-time=\"1572409770175\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_7__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_7\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_7\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"d\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to court documents obtained by Global News, Prince is originally from Nigeria but had been living in Houston, Texas. The documents state that in January 2017, he was working as a security guard when he sent a co-worker three videos on a cellphone app. Two of the videos involved bestiality, while the third depicted the graphic sexual assault of a young girl aged two to four.<\/p>\n<p>The co-worker told police that Prince also made unsolicited sexual advances towards her including, on two occasions, trying to grab her breasts.<\/p>\n<p>The court documents include a letter from Harris County assistant district attorney Thomas Waddle. In it, Waddle states that Prince presents a danger to Canada and may have been attempting to flee to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe timing of Prince\u2019s flight demonstrates that he was attempting to avoid serving a sentence for the criminal acts to which we admitted guilt,\u201d Waddle writes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\"><span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/32\/647\/2019-08-10T22-17-15.4Z--640x360.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/32\/647\/2019-08-10T22-17-15.4Z--640x360.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" data-always-observe=\"true\" data-in-view=\"true\" data-loaded=\"true\" \/> <span class=\"c-video__overlay\"> <span class=\"c-video__data\"> <time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:44<\/time> <span class=\"c-video__title\">Statistics reveal spike in asylum seeker border crossings<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong> <span class=\"c-figure__desc\">Statistics reveal spike in asylum seeker border crossings<\/span> <\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Prince agreed to be extradited to the U.S., signing a \u201cconsent to committal\u201d and forfeiting the right to a committal hearing. The last step was for the federal justice minister to sign off on the extradition, which he did in March.<\/p>\n<p>However, before the extradition took place, Prince changed his mind and filed an appeal of the minister\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a flight danger and a potential threat, at one point, Prince was released from custody and spent three days living on Montreal\u2019s West Island.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__label\">Story continues below advertisement<\/div>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-300250-12\" class=\"c-ad__unit c-ad__unit--loaded\" data-ad-pos=\"12\" data-in-view=\"true\" data-ad-initialized=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CJC67_OSw-UCFc_ewAodUz8CIw\" data-load-time=\"1572409779958\" data-width=\"300\" data-height=\"250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_8__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_8\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6872\/shaw.globalnews.ca\/beta\/roxham-road\/6092738\/mikearmstrongglobalnews_8\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"h\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Quebec Superior Court Justice Daniel Royer ordered Prince released on Aug. 2, 2018. The U.S. had filed an extradition request for the imposition of a prosecution, but as Prince had already pleaded guilty, the extradition request should have been for the imposition of a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Royer ruled that there was insufficient evidence presented at the hearing to hold Prince for prosecution and ordered him released.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. filed a new provisional arrest request three days later, and Prince gave himself up to police.<\/p>\n<p>In registering a guilty plea in Texas last year, Prince was officially entered into the U.S. sex offender registry, a designation he will hold until the end of his life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__copyright\">\n<div class=\"c-copyright\">\u00a9 2019 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-feedback\" class=\"l-article__feedback\"><a class=\"c-iconLink\" title=\"Journalistic standards\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/pages\/principles-practices\/\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-iconLink__icon c-iconLink__icon--shield c-iconLink__icon--initial\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.wp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/images\/shield.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"24\" \/> <span class=\"c-iconLink__text\">JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS<\/span> <\/a> <a class=\"c-iconLink c-iconLink--error\" title=\"Report an error\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"report-an-error\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | report an error\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-iconLink__icon c-iconLink__icon--alert c-iconLink__icon--initial\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.wp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/images\/alert.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"20\" \/> <span class=\"c-iconLink__text\">REPORT AN ERROR<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian sex offender who came to Canada via Roxham Road fights extradition to U.S. By Mike Armstrong Global News Posted October 29, 2019 4:10 pm Adesanya Prince appears in a U.S. mugshot. 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