The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, arraigned Gideon Bakpa Aghogho and Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka before Justice F.N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for alleged unlawful supply of bank access credentials.
The
defendants were arraigned alongside one Scott, who is currently at large, on an
eight-count charge bordering on the unlawful supply of access credentials to a
bank database.
The
offences are contrary to Sections 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes
(Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.
One of the
counts reads: “That you, GIDEON BAKPA AGHOGHO, OSCAR EBERE CHUKWUEBUKA, along
with an individual identified as SCOTT (at large), conspired unlawfully between
24th and 26th July 2026 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable
Court, by supplying for use the access code of GIDEON BAKPA AGHOGHO to the FCMB
system using the local Administrative Credential (ITSD), which is capable of
allowing access to the FCMB Virtual Center Platform, with the intention of
committing an offence, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to
Sections 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.)
Act, 2015, as amended in 2024, and punishable under Section 28(2) of the same
Act.”
Another
count alleged that Aghogho, between April and May 2025 in Lagos, knowingly and
without authority disclosed access credentials, including the bank’s server IP
and domain credentials, to gain access to FCMB’s database in exchange for
$15,000.
The first
defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges, while the second defendant pleaded
guilty when the charges were read to them.
Following
the first defendant’s plea, prosecution counsel, Bilkisu Buhari, asked the
court for a date to commence trial and prayed that he be remanded in a
correctional facility.
In respect
of the second defendant, the prosecution sought to review the facts of the case
against him following his guilty plea.
Justice
Ogazi subsequently adjourned the matter until August 27, 2026, for a review of
the facts and other proceedings. The judge also ordered that the defendants be
remanded at a Correctional centre.
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