The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday arraigned an alleged serial fraudster, Titilayo Funmilayo Eboh, alongside two others, before Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over an alleged ₦247.5 million fraud.
Eboh was docked with Uchenna Ejindu and Salami Eneojo Stephen on an amended four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence, money laundering and stealing.
The EFCC, said the defendants conspired to defraud one Jude Nyemike Atoh of ₦247,500,000, which they allegedly collected in cash under the guise of providing the dollar equivalent—an offer investigators said was knowingly false.
One of the charges alleged that the defendants, sometime in July 2024 in Lagos, conspired to obtain the sum from Atoh on false pretence, an offence contrary to Section 8 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.
Another count accused Musa Abdulhamid (trading as Rizqan Dayyiban Global Concept), Salami Eneojo Stephen and Titilayo Funmilayo Eboh of collaborating to conceal $160,300, said to be the proceeds of the fraud, by giving and receiving the money in cash in order to disguise its illegal origin.
At the arraignment, the first, second and third defendants pleaded not guilty to counts one, two and three, while the second and third defendants also pleaded not guilty to count four.
Prosecution counsel, T.J. Banjo, informed the court that the matter had earlier been fixed for trial on February 27, 2026, and urged the court to retain the date.
Counsel to the first defendant, Victor Okpara, SAN, told the court that his client had been on bail since May 15, 2025, and had consistently appeared in court, urging that the existing bail conditions be sustained. Counsel to the second defendant, Dehinde Dipeolu, aligned with the submission.
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However, counsel to the third defendant, Mike Umonnan, said he had filed a bail application and sought an earlier date to move it, citing his client’s health condition.
The prosecution opposed the bail request and urged the court to remand the third defendant, citing difficulties previously encountered in effecting her arrest.
Justice Oshodi adjourned the matter to February 12, 2026, for the hearing of the third defendant’s bail application and ordered that she be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
