The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detailed how businesswoman Halimat Adenike Tejuosho allegedly defrauded a victim of N603.4 million.
Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, the chief executive officer of Haleems Integrated Services Limited, was arraigned alongside Gidado Ibrahim over the alleged fraud. However, the businesswoman is currently at large.
Ibrahim appeared before Justice H. Muazu of the federal capital territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money under false pretences, and forgery.
According to the charges, the defendants allegedly obtained N603.4 million from a victim, Oluseye Yomi‑Sholoye, between August and October 2024 in a scheme linked to a purported appointment at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Prosecutors told the court that the money was collected under the false pretext that the suspects would facilitate Yomi-Sholoye’s appointment as the group managing director of the NNPC.
The EFCC further alleged that Ibrahim used a forged document purportedly from the State House and the Office of the National Security Adviser to advance the fraudulent scheme.
When the charges were read, Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six counts.
Following the plea, prosecution counsel Y. Tarfa requested a trial date and asked the court to remand the defendant in a correctional centre pending the determination of the case.
However, defence counsel B. B. Alhaji informed the court that a bail application had already been filed but was not yet ready for hearing. He also requested that the defendant be remanded in EFCC custody due to health concerns.
Justice Muazu subsequently adjourned the matter to February 17, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that Ibrahim be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility.
