FBI renews call to extradite Quiboloy, coaccused
NEW YORK—The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reposted a “Most Wanted” notice on social media asking the public to help track down televangelist Apollo Quiboloy and two of his alleged church lieutenants, who are facing human trafficking charges in the United States.
FBI Dallas highlighted four people on the bureau’s “Most Wanted” list for human trafficking, which included Quiboloy, Teresita Tolibas Dandan and Helen Panilag. They asked anyone with information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI, contact the nearest US embassy or consulate or submit a tip online.
The renewed call for information on Quiboloy comes as the Philippine government awaits a formal request from the US to extradite Quiboloy, who was arrested in Davao in August 2024 and is currently detained at the Pasig City Jail.
He appeared at the Pasig Regional Trial Court on Thursday for the continuation of hearings in his human trafficking case.
Extradition coming
Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said in September last year that a formal request to extradite Quiboloy was “forthcoming.”
The detained Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader was indicted in California in 2021 for sex trafficking of minors, fraud and bulk cash smuggling.
“There is [an extradition] request, but the formal one, which will set the ball rolling, basically, is the formal note verbale, which the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) is waiting for,” Romualdez told reporters.
He said the decision on whether Quiboloy could be extradited despite his pending cases in the Philippines would come from the Philippine Department of Justice.
The FBI post links to a page, where Quiboloy, Dandan and Panilag are profiled as fugitives accused in a long-running human trafficking scheme.
