Nigerian Chief Billed Medicaid More Than $36 million, then Built a Palace with a Golden Statue of Himself

Nigerian Chief’s California Home-Health Company Received More Than $36 Million From Medicaid — Then He Bought Luxury Properties and Funded a Palace in Nigeria With Golden Statues of Himself and His Wife

Chief Nathan Ogbatue is the CEO of California Home Health Agency. Records reviewed by City Journal show the company received less than $2 million from Medicaid between 2018 and 2021 before payments surged to more than $34 million over the following three years.

During that period, Ogbatue and his wife acquired at least $7 million in California real estate, while Ogbatue reportedly funded a palace, roads and civic projects in Abatete, Nigeria, where golden statues of the couple were erected.