EFCC docks Gidado Ibrahim in FCT High Court over ₦603.4m fraud involving fake promise of NNPC Group Managing Director post
EFCC Arraigns Suspect Over ₦603m NNPC Job Scam – Pastor, Associate Accused of Fake GMD Appointment Promise
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Gidado Ibrahim before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over an alleged ₦603.4 million scam involving a fictitious promise to secure the position of Group Managing Director (GMD) at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Ibrahim, alongside Halimat Adenike Tejuosho—who remains at large and was arraigned in absentia—was docked on Monday, February 9, 2026, on an amended six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, fraud, and forgery.
Prosecution counsel Y. Tarfa informed the court of the amended charge and urged Ibrahim to take his plea. The defendant pleaded not guilty to all six counts when read to him.
According to the EFCC, between August and October 2024, the defendants allegedly collected the sum of ₦603,400,000 from complainant Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye under the false pretence that they would facilitate her appointment as NNPC Group Managing Director—a claim investigators say the duo knew was untrue.
Count one accuses the defendants of obtaining the money through misrepresentation, an offence contrary to Section 1(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
In count two, Ibrahim is specifically charged with knowingly using as genuine a forged document titled “Presidential Villa State House, Office of the National Security Adviser,” an offence contrary to Sections 366 and 364 of the Penal Code Law.
After the not-guilty plea, Tarfa requested a trial date and asked the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility pending trial.
Defence counsel B. B. Alhaji informed the court that a bail application had been filed but was not yet ready for hearing. He pleaded with the judge to remand his client in EFCC custody instead of prison, citing health concerns.
Justice Muazu adjourned the case to February 17, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered Ibrahim remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility.
The complainant, Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye, is a Lagos-based General Overseer of a white garment church and a former oil industry professional who previously worked with Texaco and Chevron.
EFCC investigations remain ongoing, particularly into the whereabouts and role of the second defendant, Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, who is still at large.
The case underscores the persistent use of high-profile job promises in public institutions as bait for large-scale fraud, with the anti-graft agency vowing to pursue full accountability. Read More
