South Africa extradited six Nigerian nationals to the United States. [1] Reuters filed them as suspected Black Axe members wanted on wire fraud and money laundering, handed over in Cape Town to FBI and Secret Service officers. [1] An extradition is not a conviction. Print handed over. Do not print sentenced.

Alleged romance scams against more than 100 women, and a 100-million-rand figure, are the charging copy in Friday's wrap. [1] Charging copy is not a jury. Print suspects. Leave a named verdict to the edition that owns a verdict.

Friday recap that treats a tarmac handover as a closed case is a feed, not Reuters. Print six. Print not guilty-as-charged.

Friday is not a verdict.
Six remain suspects on this desk.
A hundred victims and a hundred million rand: round numbers that signal scale, not precision. Extradition flights make good television and slow justice. The trial, if it comes, is years out.

Televised flights precede slow trials; Friday's flight is television. Justice walks. Years wait.

Years-out trials wait; Friday owns the flight. Round numbers signal scale. Not guilty-as-charged.

Friday owns the flight. Round numbers signal scale, not precision. Not guilty-as-charged.

Cape Town handed six suspects to FBI and Secret Service officers. Black Axe, wire fraud, and laundering are the charging labels. A hundred women and a hundred million rand are alleged scale. Juries, not tarmacs, convict.
As-charged is Friday's word. Six suspects left Cape Town in custody. Conviction waits on a jury.

As-charged is Friday's word. Six suspects left Cape Town in custody. Friday's tarmac is not a conviction.

Conviction waits on a jury. As-charged is Friday's word. Friday's tarmac is not a conviction.

-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos