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  • Nigerian professor pleads guilty to stealing $1.4 million from Grand Rapids preschool nonprofit

    01/19/2026 4:08:17 PM PST · by Presbyterian Reporter · 46 replies
    The Midwesterner ^ | 1/19/2026 | Victor Skinner
    A highly acclaimed Nigerian professor at Aquinas College is facing two decades in prison after she admitted to swindling more than $1 million from taxpayers and poor minority children in West Michigan. Nkechy Ezeh, founder and CEO of the Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud and tax evasion in a scheme that forced the nonprofit to shut down after a dozen years preparing about 8,000 preschoolers for kindergarten in Kent County, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, WOOD reports. Ezeh worked with ELNC bookkeeper Sharon Killebrew to create nearly $500,000 in fake invoices, as well as created...