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, alongside one Scott, who is currently at large, were arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on the unlawful supply of access credentials to a bank database.
The charges were brought under Sections 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.
The EFCC alleged that between July 24 and 26, 2026, the defendants conspired to supply Aghogho’s access code to the FCMB system using the local Administrative Credential (ITSD), which could grant access to the bank’s Virtual Center Platform.
Another count alleged that Aghogho, between April and May 2025, knowingly and without authority disclosed access credentials, including the bank’s server IP and domain credentials, to facilitate access to FCMB’s database in exchange for $15,000.
Aghogho pleaded not guilty to the charges, while Chukwuebuka pleaded guilty.
Following Aghogho’s plea, prosecution counsel, Bilkisu Buhari, requested a date for trial and asked the court to remand him 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.