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EFCC Arraigns Three, Firms for Alleged N652.18m Theft in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, arraigned the trio Jacob Acheneje Okolo, Yakubu Wisdom Onu Solomon and Issa Aloba Lateef for an alleged N652.18m theft before Justice Olubunmi O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The defendants, alongside two companies, Upper-Level Energy Resources and Crescent Integrated and General Merchandise Limited, were to be arraigned on July 8, 2026. However, the arraignment could not proceed as scheduled due to the absence of the fourth defendant, Lateef…