A 56-year-old Nigerian woman, Gladys Adaeze Okafor, has been arrested in the United States on charges of unlawfully voting as a non-citizen.
Okafor, who resides in Lynn, Massachusetts, was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with voting as an alien. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the case in a statement released on September 16, 2026.
According to charging documents, Okafor was born in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, and became a lawful permanent resident in December 2022. She is not a U.S. citizen.
Prosecutors allege that she registered to vote in July 2022 and signed a declaration stating, “I am a citizen of the United States. Signed under penalty of perjury.” She was subsequently registered as a voter in Lynn and is accused of casting a ballot in the 2022 midterm elections.
In October 2023, she allegedly submitted another voter registration form again claiming U.S. citizenship and later voted in the 2024 presidential primary election.
Okafor is expected to appear before a federal court in Boston. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, one year of supervised release, and a $100,000 fine. She could also face deportation after any sentence is served.Assistant U.S. Attorney Julissa Walsh of the Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.
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