EFCC arraigns two over alleged N600m NNPC job scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho (currently at large) before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over an alleged N600 million job scam.
The defendants are facing an amended six-count charge, which includes allegations of fraud, obtaining money under false pretences, and forgery involving a total of N603,400,000 (Six Hundred and Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).
According to the first count, the defendants allegedly collected the sum from Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye between August and October 2024, falsely promising to facilitate Tejusho’s appointment as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The act is said to contravene Section 1(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
The second count alleges that Gidado Ibrahim used a forged document purportedly issued by the Presidential Villa State House, Office of the National Security Adviser, knowing it was not genuine, an offence punishable under Sections 366 and 364 of the Penal Code Law.
When the charges were read in court, Gidado Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six counts.
Following the plea, prosecution counsel Y. Tarfa requested that the court set a trial date and remand the defendant in a correctional facility. Meanwhile, defence counsel B.B. Alhaji informed the court of an application for bail and requested that the defendant be held in EFCC custody, citing his client’s health condition, pending the hearing of the bail application.
Justice Muazu adjourned the matter to February 17, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that Gidado Ibrahim be remanded at Kuje Correctional Facility.
