The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, has arraigned three individuals before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, over an alleged ₦156,922,521.70 fraud.
The defendants—Chukwu Amaka Goodness, Ajijie Ferdinand Eri, and Enyeribe Precious—appeared before Justice D.I. Dipeolu on Friday, November 6, 2026, facing a 14-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, fraudulent conversion, and money laundering.
According to court filings, Goodness and Eri allegedly conspired in March 2025 to retain illicit funds in personal bank accounts, including ₦75 million transferred into a Moniepoint Microfinance Bank account and ₦38.36 million deposited into a Zenith Bank account, sums the prosecution asserted were proceeds of theft.
The third defendant, Precious, was separately charged with the fraudulent conversion of household electronics valued at ₦7.82 million belonging to one Bonnibel Ugochi between February 21 and March 2, 2026.
Court Proceedings and Remand Orders
Upon the reading of the charges, Goodness and Eri pleaded “not guilty” to 13 counts but entered a “guilty” plea to one count. Precious pleaded “guilty” to the single charge preferred against her.
Following the pleas, EFCC prosecution counsel Suleiman I. Suleiman requested a trial date and prayed the court to remand the defendants in custody pending further proceedings.
Justice Dipeolu adjourned the case to November 18 and 20, 2026, for the commencement of trial for Goodness and Eri, and for a review of facts regarding Precious’s guilty plea.
The judge ordered Eri to be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, while Goodness and Precious were remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
