EFCC Arraigns Man Over Alleged N603.4m Fake NNPC Job Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) has charged Gidado Ibrahim before a Federal Capital Territory High Court over an alleged N603.4 million fraud linked to a fake job offer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

In a statement issued on Monday, the anti-graft agency said Ibrahim was arraigned on 9 February 2026 before Justice H. Muazu at the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja.

The EFCC said Ibrahim’s alleged accomplice, Halimat Adenike Tejusho, is currently on the run.

According to the commission, the defendants are facing an amended six-count charge involving fraud, obtaining money by false pretence, and forgery. The EFCC disclosed this in a post on X.

The prosecution told the court that Ibrahim and Tejusho allegedly collected N603.4 million from a woman, Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye, between August and October 2024. The money was reportedly obtained on the claim that they could facilitate her appointment as Group Managing Director of the NNPC.

One of the charges states that the accused obtained the sum of N603,400,000 under the false pretence of securing the top NNPC position, a claim the EFCC said was knowingly false.

Another charge alleges that Ibrahim used a forged document titled “Presidential Villa State House, Office of the National Security Adviser,” which he allegedly presented as genuine while knowing it was fake.

When the charges were read in court, Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six counts.

Following his plea, prosecution counsel, Y. Tarfa, asked the court to fix a trial date and remand the defendant in a correctional facility.

However, defence counsel, B. B. Alhaji, informed the court that a bail application had already been filed. He said although the application was not yet ready for hearing, the defendant should be kept in EFCC custody due to his health condition while awaiting the court’s decision.

Justice Muazu adjourned the case to 17 February 2026 for the hearing of the bail application. He also ordered that Ibrahim be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility until then.