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, over the 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 said to contravene Sections 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.
One of the counts alleged that the defendants, alongside Scott, unlawfully supplied Aghogho’s access code to the FCMB system using the local Administrative Credential (ITSD), which could allow access to the bank’s Virtual Center Platform, with the intention of committing an offence.
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.
Following Aghogho’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.
For Chukwuebuka, the prosecution sought to review the facts of the case following his guilty plea.
Justice Ogazi adjourned the matter until August 27, 2026, for a review of the facts and further proceedings, and ordered that the defendants be remanded at a correctional centre.
