Nigerian athlete Emmanuel Ineh sent to prison for alleged rape in USA

Emmanuel Ineh was a college athlete at the University of Alabama

Nigerian athlete Emmanuel Ineh sent to prison for alleged rape in USA

Funmilayo Fameso 12:12 - 17.05.2023

Another crime case for Emmanuel Ineh as he has been arrested for first-degree rape in the US.

Nigerian long and triple jumper Emmanuel Ineh has been arrested and sent to jail (pending investigation) for alleged rape in the USA. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Department made it public that he has been arrested and in jail with charges of first-degree rape.

Emmanuel Ineh in US police custody for first-degree rape case
Emmanuel Ineh arrested for rape in the US

Reports by abc3340.com states that the former college track athlete of University of Alabama is responsible for multiple sexual assaults in Tuscaloosa, according to the city's Violent Crimes Unit.

"Emmanuel Ineh is charged with Rape 1st Degree after an alleged victim came forward. Police say another victim from years earlier has since come forward, and they believe there may be others."

Emmanuel Ineh in trouble for first degree rape charge
Emmanuel Ineh during a long jump competition

Because of the sensitive nature of the assaults, few details have been released.

In November 2022, Pulse Sports reported that Ineh and four other Nigerian athletes were on the verge of facing a maximum of twenty years imprisonment each, after being found guilty of internet fraud - 'Yahoo Yahoo’.

According to the US District Court of Northern Georgia (Atlanta) release on August 25, 2022, the five athletes alongside Ngoni Chadyiwa from Zimbabwe, and other co-conspirators known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to unlawfully enrich themselves by conducting and participating in multiple complex financial fraud schemes.

They were scheduled to be sentenced in February with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, but Ineh's sentencing was delayed at the request of his attorneys.

Based on this rape case, Police said Ineh was taken into custody Sunday. The investigations into the reported sexual assaults are still ongoing, and anyone who believes they have been a victim of this suspect, now or in the past, is encouraged to contact the Violent Crimes Unit at (205) 464-8690.

Summary of Ineh's career profile

He was one of Nigeria’s best talents in the long and triple Jumps and got his college scholarship to study at William Carey University before transferring to the University of Alabama.

The 2018 Youth Olympic Games Silver medallist won various conference titles for his school breaking records in the process, which made many pundits tip him as the next to break the National Records in both events.

Emmanuel Ineh faces multiple charges of sexual assaults
Emmanuel Ineh at the Youth Olympic Games

That dream or possibilities is finally into oblivion.

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