Nigerian football trainer sacks 15-year prison term for sexually attacking teens in UK

Emmanuel Igwebuike, a self-described Nigerian football coach, was found guilty of assaulting seven adolescent boys sexually and was given a 15-year prison term in the UK.

The 35-year-old was also given a lifetime order to avoid sexual harm, and he will forever be listed on the Sex Offenders Register. According to reports from the UK, the Inner London Crown Court punished him after finding him responsible for 22 charges of sexual assault after a 5-week trial in April.

When the crimes were committed between June 2019 and April 2021, his victims ranged in age from 14 to 18. According to reports, the sexual attacks happened in his previous homes in Putney and Lambeth as well as in a Birmingham hotel. The Nigerian was accused of a number of crimes on June 15, 2021, which was 15 days before police from a multidisciplinary investigation team arrested him.