Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Edo Court Jails Man for N1.5 billion Fraud

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday January 19, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of Ojo Eghosa Kingsley before Justice W. I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. Kingsley was prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCc, on one-count charge bordering on stealing by the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Commission. The convict, while being a customer of First Bank fraudulently took possession of over N1.5 billion erroneously credited to his account by the bank. The charge against him reads: 'That you O…