The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one serial fraudster, Titilayo Eboh, and two other individuals Uchenna Ejindu and Salami
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one serial fraudster, Titilayo Eboh, and two other individuals Uchenna Ejindu and Salami Stephen, on Friday January 30 at the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, over alleged fraud involving N247.5 million and $160,300.
Ejindu operates under the name Autonel Automotive Enterprises.
They faced an amended four-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretence, stealing, and money laundering.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
The EFCC claimed that in July 2024, the defendants conspired to defraud Jude Atoh of N247.5 million and $160,300. The commission alleged that the sums were collected in cash under the pretense of providing the dollar equivalent — a representation the defendants knew was false, aimed at concealing the illegal origin of the funds.
According to the EFCC, the offences contravened Sections B (A) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, as well as Sections 330 (1) and 285 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
EFCC counsel Temitope Banjo informed the court that the matter was already set for trial and requested that the court maintain the schedule.
He also urged that Eboh be remanded in a correctional centre due to previous difficulties in securing her arrest and opposed her bail application.
Victor Okpara (SAN), counsel to the first defendant, said his client had been on bail since May 15, 2025, and had diligently attended all court proceedings, requesting that she continue to enjoy the existing bail. Counsel to the second defendant, Dehinde Dipeolu, supported Okpara’s submission.
Counsel to the third defendant, Mike Umonnan, told the court that he had filed a bail application and, considering his client’s health challenges, requested an earlier date to hear the application.
Justice Rahman Oshodi adjourned the matter to February 12 for the hearing of the third defendant’s bail application and ordered that Eboh be remanded in a correctional centre.
The court further adjourned the trial to February 27 for commencement of proceedings.
