The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former board chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme, before the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja.
Olejeme was arraigned on 8-count charges bordering on converting, transferring, procuring and taking possession of proceeds of unlawful activity to the tune of N1 billion.
Count one of the charge read: “That you Mrs Ngozi Olejeme while being the Board Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) sometime in February 2012, in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court indirectly converted the sum of N321,600.000 paid into the Sterling Bank plc account of Adin Miles International Ltd in 9th of February 2012 knowing that the funds constituted proceeds of unlawful activity and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2) (b) and punishable under Section 15(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011(As amended by Act No.1 of 2012).”
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Count five of the charge read: “That you Mrs Ngozi Olejeme while being the Board Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) on or about the 9th of February, 2012 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court procured Chuka C. Eze to convert the sum of $2,000,000 into Naira for payment to Adin Miles International Ltd when you knew that the said $2,000,000 constituted proceeds of unlawful activity and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18© and punishable under Section 15(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition Act, 2011 (as amended by Act No 1 of 2012).”
A statement issued by the EFCC on Friday quoted the former NSITF boss as pleading not guilty to all the charges when read to her.
Following her plea, the prosecuting counsel, Emenike Mgbemele, asked the court for a trial date to call his 14 witnesses.
However, defense counsel, Emeka Ogbogulo (SAN), called the attention of the court to a bail application, praying the court to grant Olejeme bail till trial date.
The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, released the defendant to her counsel and adjourned the matter to November 17, 2025, for hearing of bail application.
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