The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Gidado Ibrahim over an alleged N603.4 million fraud linked to a fake job offer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

In a statement released on Monday, the anti-graft agency disclosed that Ibrahim was brought before Justice H. Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on February 9, 2026.

The EFCC said Ibrahim is facing an amended six-count charge bordering on fraud, obtaining money by false pretence, and forgery. His alleged accomplice, Halimat Adenike Tejusho, is currently at large.

According to the prosecution, the defendants allegedly collected N603.4 million from a woman identified as Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye between August and October 2024.

The money was reportedly obtained under the false claim that they could facilitate her appointment as Group Managing Director of the NNPC.

One of the charges stated that Ibrahim “obtained the sum of N603,400,000 under false pretence,” a representation the EFCC said he knew to be untrue.

Another count accused Ibrahim of using a forged document titled “Presidential Villa State House, Office of the National Security Adviser,” which he allegedly presented as genuine despite knowing it was fake.

When the charges were read, Ibrahim pleaded not guilty to all six counts.

Following his plea, the prosecution counsel, Y. Tarfa, urged the court to fix a trial date and remand the defendant in a correctional facility.

However, defence counsel, B. B. Alhaji, informed the court that a bail application had already been filed. Although the application was not yet ready for hearing, he requested that Ibrahim be kept in EFCC custody due to his health condition pending the court’s ruling.

Justice Muazu adjourned the matter to February 17, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that Ibrahim be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility.