EFCC arraigns two over ₦600m NNPC job scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho, who is currently at large, before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama, Abuja, over an alleged ₦600 million job fraud.

The defendants are facing an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money under false pretence, and forgery, involving a total sum of ₦603.4 million.

At the proceedings, prosecution counsel Y. Tarfa informed the court of the amended charges and requested that Ibrahim take his plea.

According to the first count, Ibrahim and Tejusho allegedly obtained ₦603.4 million from one Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye between August and October 2024, under the false claim that they could facilitate her appointment as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The EFCC said the claim was knowingly false and constitutes an offence under the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.

The second count alleged that Ibrahim used a forged document titled “Presidential Villa State House, Office of the National Security Adviser” as genuine, an offence said to contravene the Penal Code.

Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six charges.

Following his plea, the prosecution requested a trial date and asked that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility.

Defence counsel B.B. Alhaji informed the court that a bail application had been filed but was not yet ready for hearing.

He urged the court to allow his client remain in EFCC custody due to health concerns pending the bail hearing.

Justice Muazu adjourned the matter to February 17, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility.