The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken Gidado Ibrahim to court over an alleged N603.4 million fraud linked to a fake job offer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
In a statement on Monday, the anti-graft agency said Ibrahim was arraigned on February 9, 2026, before Justice H. Muazu of the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja.
His alleged accomplice, Halimat Adenike Tejusho, is said to be on the run.
The EFCC, in a post on X, said it told the court that the defendants are facing an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money by false pretence and forgery.
According to the prosecution, Ibrahim and Tejusho allegedly collected N603.4 million from a woman, Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye, between August and October 2024.
The money was said to have been taken under 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 says 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 despite knowing it was fake.
When the charges were read in court, Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six counts.
Following his plea, the prosecution counsel, Y. Tarfa, asked the court to fix a trial date and order that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility.
However, defence lawyer B. B. Alhaji told the court that an application for bail had already been filed.
He noted that while the bail request was not yet ready for hearing, the defendant should be kept in EFCC custody due to his health condition pending the court’s decision.
Justice Muazu adjourned the case to February 17, 2026, for hearing on the bail application.
He also ordered that Ibrahim be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility until then.
