EFCC Arraigns Two for Alleged N600m NNPC Job Fraud
Abuja, Nigeria – February 9, 2026
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, February 9, 2026, arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho (currently at large) before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over an alleged N600 million job scam linked to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The defendants were docked on an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money under false pretence, and forgery, involving a total sum of N603,400,000.00 (Six Hundred and Three Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).
At the proceedings, prosecution counsel, Y. Tarfa, drew the attention of the court to the amended charge and urged the court to allow the defendant to take his plea.
According to count one of the charge, Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho, between August 2024 and October 2024, within the jurisdiction of the court, allegedly obtained the sum of N603,400,000.00 from Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye under the false pretence that they would facilitate her appointment as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), a representation they allegedly knew to be false. The offence is said to be 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.
Count two further alleged that Gidado Ibrahim, sometime in August 2024 in Abuja, used as genuine a forged document titled “Presidential Villa State House, Office of the National Security Adviser”, knowing or having reason to believe the document was forged. This offence is said to be contrary to Section 366 of the Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 364 of the same Law.
When the amended charges were read, Gidado Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six counts.
Following his plea, the prosecution requested a trial date and asked the court to remand the defendant 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, urged the court to remand the defendant in EFCC custody, citing his client’s health condition, pending the hearing and determination of the bail application.
Justice Muazu adjourned the matter to February 17, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility.
