The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has taken a woman, Chinwendu Fidelia Ohanebo, to court in Lagos over a suspected N42.3 million fraud.
PUNCH Metro found out that Ohanebo was brought before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday. The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC charged her with two counts. The charges are about obtaining money under false pretences and stealing by conversion.
Ohanebo is accused of collecting N42,345,000 from Musa Muhammed Jidda in 2025. She allegedly did this by pretending to supply 45 litres of Premium Motor Spirit at N941 per litre.
The EFCC claims that Ohanebo then used the money for her personal needs.
When Justice M.A. Lawal read the charges, Ohanebo admitted guilt for the first count but denied the second count.
The first count says Ohanebo got the money from Jidda “under the false pretence” of providing Premium Motor Spirit. The second count claims she “dishonestly converted” the N42,345,000 that belonged to Jidda for herself.
These offences go against the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
After her plea, the prosecution lawyer, H.U. Kofarnaisa, asked the court to delay the trial for the second count.
Justice Lawal postponed the case to review the details of the first count and to start the trial for the second count.
The judge then ordered that Ohanebo be held in a correctional facility until the case continues.
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