A Nigerian man previously convicted of terror-related offences in Scotland has been deported from Ireland after authorities identified him as a threat to national security.
Sam Okwuoha, 28, was among six Nigerian nationals removed from Ireland on a chartered flight that departed Dublin on July 28, 2026. The flight made a stop in Rome before continuing to Lagos as part of a joint Frontex-coordinated deportation operation.
Irish authorities had earlier attempted to deport Okwuoha, but the effort failed after he allegedly violently resisted officers of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). During the incident, he reportedly defecated on himself in an attempt to disrupt the removal process, becoming the first person in Ireland to be prosecuted for obstructing the enforcement of a deportation order.
During court proceedings, Okwuoha claimed he was one of 10 identical brothers born as decuplets and argued that authorities had mistaken him for one of his siblings. However, prosecutors later withdrew the case after confirming that he had already been deported.
Okwuoha was convicted in Scotland in 2023 for a series of terror-related offences committed between 2021 and 2022 while studying Energy Studies at Dundee University.
According to prosecutors, after a fellow student rejected his advances, he made multiple threats, including threatening to kill university staff, carry out a mass shooting, use biological weapons, behead police officers, and bomb the university.
He also claimed to have enlisted the support of the Islamic State (IS) group to bomb the university and threatened to launch a chemical attack on Dundee.
He was sentenced to 40 months’ imprisonment, with the court ruling that his presence in the United Kingdom was “not conducive to the public good” and ordering his deportation.
After later travelling to Ireland, Okwuoha was detained by Irish authorities, who again cited national security concerns before carrying out his eventual deportation to Nigeria.
