The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two suspects over an alleged N600 million fraud linked to a fake promise of securing the top job at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
This was disclosed in a statement by the EFCC on Monday, February 9, 2026.
The commission said Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho, who is currently at large, were arraigned before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja.
They are facing an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money under false pretence, and forgery, involving a total sum of N603.4 million.
In the statement seen by Dockaysworld, the EFCC said the defendants allegedly collected the money between August and October 2024 from Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye under the guise of facilitating her appointment as Group Managing Director of the NNPC.
One of the charges states that the defendants obtained the funds “under the false pretence that you will facilitate her appointment as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).”
The EFCC also accused Ibrahim of using a forged document purportedly issued from the Office of the National Security Adviser at the Presidential Villa.
Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six charges when they were read in court.
Justice Muazu adjourned the case to February 17, 2026, for hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility.
