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| Igoin Tokoni Peter, |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, May 15, 2026 has arraigned one Igoin Tokoni Peter, a fake presidential adviser before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja for 25m fraud.
Peter who
paraded himself as a Special Adviser to the President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria on ICT Development and Digital Innovation was arraigned on a four-
count charge bordering on impersonation and obtaining under false pretence to
the tune of N25 million Naira.
Count one
of the charges read; “That you, Igoin Tokoni Peter, sometime between 30th August,
2024 and 30th October, 2025 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of
the Federal High Court with the intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum
of N25,941,787.00 (Twenty Five Million, Nine Hundred and Forty One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven Naira) through Smartz Skyward Energy Limited
account No 1312736201 domiciled with Zenith Bank from Dontown Assets Limited
under the false pretense that you are the Special Assistant to the President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria on ICT Development and Digital Innovations and
that the said sum will be used to secure cryptocurrency exchange operational
license which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense contrary to
Section 1 (1) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act and Other Fraud Related Offences
Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”
Count 2,
“That you, Igoin Tokoni Peter, sometime between 5th September
2024 and 10 October 2025 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of the Federal High
Court, with the intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of N19,806,500.00
(Nineteen Million, Eight Hundred and Six Thousand, Five Hundred Naira ) through
Smartz Skyward Energy Limited`s account No. 1312736201 domiciled with Zenith
Bank from Jeriod Limited, under the false pretense that you are the Special
Assistant to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on ICT
Development and Digital Innovations and that the said sum will be used to
secure cryptocurrency exchange operational license which you knew to be false
and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(10 of the Advanced Fee
Fraud Act and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under
Section 1(3) of the same Act”
He pleaded
not guilty to all the charges when read to him, which prompted the prosecution
counsel, Christopher Mshelia to ask the court for a trial date and that
the defendant be remanded in Kuje Correctional pending the date of his
trial.
Justice
Egwuatu, while delivering his ruling, admitted the defendant to
bail in the sum of N400m with two sureties in like sum, both must
be resident in Abuja, one must be a property owner who must submit property
documents, a passport photograph and means of identification. The second surety
must be a civil servant on grade level 15 who must as well submit his
office identity and passport photograph.
He further
ordered that the defendant be remanded in Kuje Correctional Center, pending the
fulfilment of his bail conditions while the matter was adjourned to July
16, 2026 for commencement of trial.
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