EFCC arraigns two over supply of bank access credentials

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned two men before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged unlawful supply of bank access credentials.

The defendants, Gideon Bakpa Aghogho and Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka, were arraigned on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, before Justice F.N. Ogazi at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi.

They were arraigned alongside a third suspect, identified as Scott, who is currently at large, on an eight-count charge bordering on the alleged unlawful supply of access credentials to a bank database.

The EFCC said the alleged offences contravened Sections 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.

One of the charges alleged that Aghogho, Chukwuebuka and Scott conspired between July 24 and 26, 2026, in Lagos to supply Aghogho’s access code to FCMB’s system through a local administrative credential.

The commission alleged that the credential could provide access to the bank’s Virtual Center Platform and was supplied with the intention of facilitating an offence.

Another count alleged that Aghogho, between April and May 2025 in Lagos, knowingly disclosed bank access credentials, including server IP and domain credentials, without authorisation.

According to the EFCC, the credentials were allegedly supplied to facilitate access to FCMB’s database in exchange for $15,000.

Aghogho pleaded not guilty to the charges, while Chukwuebuka pleaded guilty when the charges were read to them.

Following Aghogho’s plea, prosecution counsel, Bilkisu Buhari, asked the court to remand him in a correctional facility and adjourn the matter for trial.

In Chukwuebuka’s case, the prosecution requested an opportunity to review the facts of the case following his guilty plea.

Justice Ogazi subsequently adjourned the case until August 27, 2026, for review of the facts and further proceedings.

The judge also ordered that the defendants be remanded at a correctional centre pending the next hearing.

The EFCC said its Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 prosecuted the case.