Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's close encounter with a fugitive from US justice

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle came face to face with someone wanted by American law in their recent trip of Nigeria, meeting an airline boss federally indicted for charges up to $20m dollars in a bank fraud scheme.

Air Peace CEO, Dr. Allen Onyema, flew the son of the King of the United Kingdom to Nigeria's capital, Abuja, which is located within the largest city of the African nation in Lagos at the start of their three-day tour.

Presumably the pair didn't know that the 59-year-old, who wore a red kufi hat with navy clothes and sunglasses, is wanted by the US government as they hunt out with him before they exited his aircraft.

Why is he wanted?

Air Peace, founded by Onyema, flies internationally but primarily operates in West Africa where it is the largest airline after being started in 2013 but it isn't looked on fondly in the US as the government accuses the CEO of fraud.

An indictment dating to November 2019, obtained by DailyMail.com says Onyema was "using his status as a prominent business leader and airline executive to launder more than $20million from Nigeria through US bank accounts."

He was thought to have established "innocent sounding" asset purchases that serves as fronts for a scam.

The charges related to his other organizations the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony, International Center for Non-Violence and Peace Development and All-Time Peace Media Communications Limited, which apparently used $3m of funds to purchase aircrafts.

The charges had been filed by US Attorney, Byung J Pak and although he is now out of the role, it's still being chased by the Northern District of Georgia's attorney, Ryan Buchanan who assumed the position in 2022.

Pak said at the time of filing the legal action, "Onyema allegedly leveraged his status as a prominent business leader and airline executive while using falsified documents to commit fraud."