A Lagos businesswoman, Chinwendu Fidelia Ohanebo, has landed in the dock as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused her of allegedly defrauding a man of N42.3 million in a controversial fuel supply deal.
Chinwendu Fidelia Ohanebo was arraigned on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC before Justice M.A. Lawal of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged offences bordering on obtaining money under false pretences and stealing by conversion.
The defendant is facing a two-count charge involving the alleged N42,345,000 belonging to Musa Muhammed Jidda.
According to the anti-graft agency, the alleged offence occurred in 2025 in Lagos, when Ohanebo was accused of obtaining the money under the guise of supplying 45 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at the rate of N941 per litre.
The EFCC alleged that the transaction was carried out with the intention to defraud, adding that the act contravened provisions of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
The commission also accused Ohanebo of dishonestly converting the N42.3 million belonging to Jidda for her personal use, an offence punishable under the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
Drama unfolded in court when the charges were read to the defendant. Ohanebo pleaded guilty to the first count but entered a not-guilty plea to the second count.
Following her plea, EFCC counsel, H.U. Kofarnaisa, urged the court for an adjournment to allow the prosecution begin trial on the second count.
Justice Lawal subsequently adjourned the matter for review of facts on the first count and commencement of trial on the second count.
The court also ordered that Ohanebo be remanded in a correctional facility pending the continuation of proceedings.
The case will resume as the prosecution moves ahead with the trial on the remaining charge while the court considers the facts surrounding her guilty plea on the first count.
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