The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Chinwendu Fidelia Ohanebo over an alleged N42.345 million fraud in Lagos.
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC arraigned Ohanebo before Justice M.A. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
In a Thursday statement by the EFCC, she faces a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretences and stealing by conversion, involving N42,345,000.
According to the EFCC, Ohanebo allegedly obtained the money from Musa Muhammed Jidda in 2025 for the supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
The first count alleges that Ohanebo obtained N42,345,000 from Jidda under the false pretence of supplying 45 litres of PMS at N941 per litre.
The charge states: “That you CHINWENDU FIDELIA OHANEBO sometime in 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with the intent to defraud, obtained the sum of Forty Two Million Three Hundred And Forty Five Thousand Naira (N42,345,000.00) from one Musa Muhammed Jidda, under the false pretense for the supply of 45 liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at the rate of N941 per liter and committed an offence of obtaining under false pretences contrary to Sections 1(1)(a) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.”
The second count alleged that she dishonestly converted the N42,345,000 belonging to Jidda to her personal use, contrary to Section 280(1)(b) and punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
Ohanebo pleaded guilty to the first count but not guilty to the second count.
Following her plea, prosecution counsel, H.U. Kofarnaisa, asked the court for an adjournment to commence trial on the second count.
Justice Lawal subsequently adjourned the matter for a review of facts on the first count and commencement of trial on the second.
The judge also ordered that Ohanebo be remanded in a correctional facility pending the continuation of proceedings.
