Nigerian ex-police officer, Sinmi Asomuyide in US jailed for handcuffing, raping teenager in patrol car

A Nigerian former Kokomo police officer, Sinmi Asomuyide, has been sentenced to 40 years in a US prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while on duty.

A Nigerian former Kokomo Police Department officer, Sinmi Asomuyide, 33, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in the United States for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while on duty, Peoples Gazette reported. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said he was also given three years of supervised release. A jury found him guilty in June 2026, after a five-day trial, of deprivation of rights under colour of law, witness tampering and destruction of records.

According to the DOJ, Asomuyide, then 31, met the girl on June 30, 2024, after her father reported her as a runaway. That evening, he handcuffed her, placed her in his patrol vehicle and drove to a warehouse parking lot, where he sexually assaulted her. FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Timothy O’malley said: “The very people entrusted with protecting children must never become the ones who victimize them. This defendant preyed on a 14-year-old girl and then attempted to cover up his crimes.”