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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two men over the alleged unlawful supply of access credentials to a bank database.
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC arraigned Gideon Bakpa Aghogho and Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka before Justice F.N. Ogazi of the High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday.
They were held alongside a third suspect, identified as Scott, who is currently at large, on an eight-count charge bordering on the unlawful supply of access credentials to a bank database.
According to a statement issued by the EFCC on Thursday, the alleged offences contravene Sections 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.
One of the charges alleged that the defendants, alongside Scott, “conspired unlawfully between 24th and 26th July 2026 in Lagos” by supplying Aghogho’s access code for use on the FCMB system.
The charge alleged that the access code used the local Administrative Credential (ITSD), which was “capable of allowing access to the FCMB 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.
The EFCC alleged that the credentials were disclosed to enable access to FCMB’s database in exchange for $15,000.
Aghogho pleaded not guilty to the charges, while Chukwuebuka pleaded guilty when the charges were read.
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.
In Chukwuebuka’s case, the prosecution asked the court to review the facts following his guilty plea.
Justice Ogazi subsequently adjourned the case until August 27 for review of the facts and other proceedings.
The judge also ordered that the defendants be remanded to a correctional centre.
EFCC Arraigns Two for Alleged Unlawful Supply of Bank Access Codes in Lagos
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… pic.twitter.com/AwOJPTHfaD
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