LAGOS — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Chinwendu Fidelia Ohanebo before Justice M.A. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over an alleged N42,345,000 fraud.
Ohanebo appeared before the court on a two-count charge involving obtaining money under false pretenses and stealing by conversion.
According to court documents presented by EFCC prosecution counsel H.U. Kofarnaisa, the defendant allegedly committed the offense sometime in 2025 in Lagos. She is accused of collecting N42,345,000 from one Musa Muhammed Jidda under the guise of supplying 45 liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at the rate of N941 per liter—a transaction prosecutors state was a complete sham.
The prosecution noted that the offense of obtaining under false pretenses violates Sections 1(1)(a) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006. Additionally, the second count of converting the funds for personal use contravenes Section 280(1)(b) and is punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
When the charges were read in court, the defendant entered a mixed plea, pleading guilty to the first count and not guilty to the second count.
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Following her plea, the prosecution requested an adjournment to begin trial on the second count. Justice Lawal ordered that the case be adjourned for a review of the facts concerning the first count and the commencement of trial for the second count.
The court has ordered that Ohanebo be remanded in a correctional facility pending the continuation of legal proceedings.
