The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Gidado Ibrahim before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, over an alleged N600 million Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) job scam.
Ibrahim was arraigned on Monday, February 9, 2026, alongside one Halimat Adenike Tejusho, who is currently at large, before Justice H. Muazu.
According to the EFCC, the defendants were charged on an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money under false pretence and forgery involving a total sum of N603,400,000.
The prosecution told the court that between August and October 2024, the defendants allegedly obtained the money from Oluseye Yomi Sholoye under the false claim that they would facilitate her appointment as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The EFCC said the defendants knew the claim was false.
One of the charges also accused Ibrahim of using a forged document purportedly issued by the Office of the National Security Adviser, which he allegedly presented as genuine despite knowing it was forged.
When the charges were read to him, Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six counts.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel, Y. Tarfa, asked the court to fix a trial date and order the remand of the defendant in a correctional facility.
However, defence counsel, B. B. Alhaji, informed the court that an application for bail had been filed but was not yet ripe for hearing. He urged the court to allow the defendant to remain in EFCC custody due to health concerns pending the bail hearing.
Justice Muazu adjourned the case to February 17, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility.
