Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- Obiwanne Okeke, standing trial for wire fraud in the U.S., said he has missed important milestones of the childhood development of his 19-month-old daughter.

Mr Okeke, 33, also known as Invictus Obi, has been in incarceration for 18 months while standing trial in the U.S.

He took responsibility for the multi-million-dollar scam that went on for many years by pleading guilty to the wire fraud crime in June 2019.

He is now due for sentencing by a Virginia Court Tuesday.

Ahead of his sentencing, Mr Okeke, through his lawyer, applied for a lenient jail term, contending among others, that he had not seen his daughter to witness the most important milestones of her early childhood since his trial began in August 2019.

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