EFCC Arraigns Businessman, Company in Lagos for Alleged $550,000 Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, arraigned a businessman, Wilson Opuwei, alongside his company, Dateline Energy Services Ltd., before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over an alleged $550,000 fraud. Opuwei was docked on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretences and stealing. Count one reads: " Wilson E. A. Opuwei and Dateline Energy Services Ltd sometimes in April 2011 at Lagos within the Ikeja judicial division with intent to defraud obtained the sum of $500,000 (Five Hundr…

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2026-01-20
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/efcc-arraigns-businessman-company-in-lagos-for-alleged-550000-fraud
Archived copy	Look it up in the Wayback Machine
Record ID	`efcc:news:13782`

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EFCC Arraigns Businessman, Company in Lagos for Alleged $550,000 Fraud. EFCC, 2026. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:13782.