The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, February 9, 2026, arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho (currently at large) before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over an alleged job fraud involving more than ₦600 million.
The defendants were brought before Justice H. Muazu on an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money under false pretence, and forgery, amounting to ₦603,400,000.
According to the prosecution, led by counsel Y. Tarfa, the defendants allegedly obtained the money between August and October 2024 from Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye by falsely claiming they could facilitate her appointment as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The EFCC said the claim was knowingly false and constituted an offence under the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
One of the charges further alleged that Gidado Ibrahim used a forged document purportedly issued by the Office of the National Security Adviser at the Presidential Villa, knowing it to be false, an offence under the Penal Code Law.
When the charges were read in court, Gidado Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six counts. Following the 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 an application for bail had been filed but was not yet ripe for hearing. He, however, requested that the defendant be kept in EFCC custody due to health concerns pending the determination of the bail application.
Justice Muazu adjourned the case to February 17, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility.
Halimat Adenike Tejusho remains at large as investigations continue.
