Lagos: EFCC arraigns two over alleged sale of bank credentials for $15,000

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned 2 men earlier the Federal High Court successful Ikoyi, Lagos, implicit allegations bordering connected the unlawful disclosure and proviso of slope entree credentials.

The defendants, Gideon Bakpa Aghogho and Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka, were brought earlier Justice F.N. Ogazi connected Wednesday, August 19, 2026. They were arraigned alongside a 3rd suspect, identified arsenic Scott, who is presently astatine large.

The trio are facing an eight-count complaint relating to the alleged unauthorised proviso of credentials susceptible of granting entree to a slope database.

The charges were filed nether Sections 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015, arsenic amended successful 2024.

One of the counts alleged that Aghogho and Chukwuebuka, successful collaboration with Scott, unlawfully supplied Aghogho entree codification for usage connected FCMB’s strategy betwixt July 24 and 26, 2026, successful Lagos.

The prosecution alleged that the entree code, identified arsenic a section Administrative Credential, ITSD, could supply introduction into the FCMB Virtual Center Platform and was supplied with the volition of facilitating the ...