A 56-year-old Nigerian woman, Gladys Adaeze Okafor, is charged in Massachusetts after authorities allege she voted unlawfully in U.S. federal elections. The claims include that she falsified information on U.S. voter registration materials and cast ballots despite not being a citizen.
According to U.S. prosecutors’ accounts cited by outlets, Okafor lives in Lynn, Massachusetts, and was arrested on Wednesday. One report says prosecutors describe her alleged conduct as claiming U.S. citizenship on voter registration cards. Another outlet adds that the allegations cover voting connected to the 2022 midterm elections and the 2024 presidential primary.
The differing emphasis across the reports centers on which election(s) are specifically mentioned—either focusing generally on alleged illegal voting or specifying the 2022 midterms and the 2024 primary—while the core allegation is consistent: authorities accuse her of voting in federal elections while allegedly not a U.S. citizen.
