Wednesday, October 28 2026 - Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday October 27 2026 has sentenced a former banker, Christopher Jackson Edeh, to a total of 39 years’ imprisonment for his involvement in a N2.7 billion fraud prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Edeh, who was arraigned on February 28, 2024, faced nine
counts bordering on fraudulent accounting and unauthorised access to a computer
system.
The charges alleged that he altered the bank account details
of several customers and government-related entities, including the Kano State
Government Power Intervention Fund, NNPC Trading Limited, Stallion Vision Ltd,
the Lagos State Government Blue Line, the State Contributory Pension Account
and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, with intent to defraud.
During the trial, prosecuting counsel, Z.B. Atiku called three witnesses
and tendered several documents in evidence to establish the case against the
defendant. The defence, on its part, called one witness.
In her judgment, Justice Abike-Fadipe held that the
prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently
convicted Edeh on the nine counts.
The court sentenced him to five years imprisonment without
an option of fine on each of counts one to seven, bordering on fraudulent false
accounting, and two years’ imprisonment without an option of fine on each of
counts eight and nine, relating to unauthorised access to a computer system
with intent to facilitate the commission of crimes.
The court ordered that all the sentences run concurrently.
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