ICPC: Woman Jailed For Forging NAFDAC Employment Letter To Obtain UK Visa

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of one Remilekun Temitope Balogun-Okedeyi for forging employment documents of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to facilitate a fraudulent visa application.

The conviction followed investigations into a visa fraud scheme in which the defendant falsely presented herself as an employee of NAFDAC, using forged employment and promotion letters, an identity card, and an introduction letter purportedly issued by the agency.

The case, filed under Charge No. ID/27346C/2025 (FRN v. Remilekun Temitope Balogun-Okedeyi), originated from a petition by the British Deputy High Commission that exposed a visa racketeering syndicate allegedly led by Olusegun Ojo Adigun.

Further investigations by the Commission revealed that the syndicate was linked to at least sixteen visa applications and specialised in facilitating travel to the United Kingdom using falsified supporting documents.

At the centre of the case was the defendant’s deliberate misrepresentation of her employment status.

Findings established that she was never employed by NAFDAC, rendering all documents attributed to the agency, false and misleading.

In addition to the forged NAFDAC documents, the defendant also submitted a falsified bank statement allegedly issued by Chanelle Microfinance Bank for the period of January to July 2025. Investigations, however, confirmed that she did not operate any account with the bank.

Following the investigation, the defendant was charged with a six-count charge bordering on forgery and provision of false information, contrary to Sections 13 and 17 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

The matter was heard before Honourable Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offences Court, Court 13.

During proceedings, the defendant, through her counsel, Grace Adenubi (Esq.), sought a plea bargain arrangement, which was agreed to by the Commission.

The charge was subsequently amended to a one-count information, to which she pleaded guilty.

The prosecution team—Yvonne William-Mbata, Roseline Eze, and Oluwayemisi Pereira—presented evidence through an investigator, Onyemauchechukwu Ezike, who tendered documentary exhibits before the court.

Woman Jailed For Forging NAFDAC Employment Letter

In her judgment, Justice Dada sentenced the defendant to one year imprisonment, with an option of a fine of ₦500,000 payable to the Federal Government within seven days. The court further ordered two days of community service to be carried out outside the court premises and directed the defendant to enter into a bond of good behaviour to be recorded in the Lagos State Judiciary database.

The conviction highlights the Commission’s resolve to clamp down on the falsification of official documents, particularly the impersonation of government institutions such as NAFDAC for fraudulent purposes.

J. Okor Odey
Head, Media & Public Communications, ICPC.

Mamman Fails To File Final Written Address In Alleged N33.8b Fraud

Proceedings were stalled in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on Thursday, April 16, 2026 as he could not file his final written address before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja.

Mamman is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 12-count charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N33,804,830,503.73 (Thirty-three Billion, Eight Hundred and Four Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Five Hundred and Three Naira, Seventy-three Kobo).

EFCC

At Thursday’s proceeding which was for adoption of final written addresses, Mamman through his counsel Femi Atteh, SAN, acknowledged the receipt of the final written address of the prosecution but drew the court’s attention to his motion filed on April 1, 2026 seeking for extension of time to enable him file his own final written address. With no objection from the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, the court obliged him.

Justice Omotosho adjourned the matter till April 23, 2026 for adoption of final written addresses.

Maiduguri Court Jails One Fraudster For N13m Fraud

Justice Mohammed Maina of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on Wednesday April, 15, 2026 convicted and sentenced Akeem Oriade Adeyinka to various jail terms for obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N13,000,000( Thirteen Million Naira).

The convict was arraigned on Wednesday, September 23, 2025 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on two-count separate charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence and criminal misappropriation to the tune of N3,000,000 (Three Million Naira) and N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) respectively.

Count one reads: “That you, Akeem Oriade Adeyinka with National Identification Number 44795766679 sometimes in 2024 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did obtain the gross sum of N3,000,000 (Three Million Naira) from Oseni Ibrahim Alani purportedly as money for financing a contract a claimed which you knew to be false, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences, Act 2006 and Punishable under section (3) of the same Act.”

Another count reads: “That you, Akeem Oriade Adeyinka on or about June, 2024 in Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud obtain the aggregate sum of N10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira) from Haruna Malim under the false pretence that same is meant for an investment into the business of purchase and supply of counting machine (aka dropper) and Automated Teller Machine parts in order to execute a contract you secured in Cameroon, a representation which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences, Act 2006 and Punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”

The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges preferred against him, prompting prosecution counsel, S.O Saka and A. D Abdulmalik to present witnesses and tendered several documents before the court in order to prove their cases.

Thereafter, Justice Maina convicted and sentenced Adeyinka on count one to three years imprisonment with an option of N300, 000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira). He was also ordered to pay the sum of N3, 000,000 (Three Million Naira) to the petitioner or in default to serve additional seven years imprisonment.

On count two, Adeyinka was sentenced to three years imprisonment with an option of N100, 000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira).

The judge further ordered the convict to pay the sum of N10, 000,000 (Ten Million Naira) to the petitioner or in default to serve 10 years imprisonment. The sentence runs consecutively.

The convict’s journey to the Correctional facility started when he obtained and misappropriated the sum of N13million from two petitioners for the purchase and supply of Automated Teller Machines and for financing a contract. He neither delivered the items for which he obtained money nor returned the money to the petitioners.

In another development, the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of EFCC, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, arranged one Alhaji Abdullahi Hamman before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri.

The defendant was arraigned on a two -count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense to the tune of N 2,600,000 (Two Million Six Hundred Thousand Naira).

Jail

Count one of the charges read: ” That you Abdullahi Hamman between the period of May, 2021 to January, 2023 in Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud obtained the aggregate sum of N 2,600,000 (Two Million Six Hundred Thousand Naira) from John Haruna, under the false pretense that same is meant for the purchase of two (2) plots of land, plot number 19 and 20 measuring 900 square metres situated and Iaying at Galaxy, behind 1000 Housing Estate Maiduguri, Borno State purportedly belonging to you, a representation which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) and punishable under Section 1 (13) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud related offences Act, 2006.”

The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges preferred against him by the EFCC. Thereafter, prosecution counsel S.O Saka prayed for a hearing date and to remand the defendant in a correctional facility.

The defence counsel U. B Modu made an oral bail application on behalf of the defendant. Thereafter, Justice Maina granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N10, 000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) with two sureties.

The judge further ordered that one of the sureties must be a relative to the defendant and the other must have a landed property situated in the Maiduguri metropolitan area.

The matter was adjourned till April 26, 2026 for commencement of hearing while the defendant was remanded in Maiduguri Maximum Facility.