Two men, Gideon Bakpa Aghogho and Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka, have been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, for allegedly supplying bank access credentials unlawfully.

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission brought the case. The defendants were charged alongside one Scott, who is still at large, on an eight-count charge. The alleged offences border on the unlawful supply of access credentials to a bank database and are contrary to the Cybercrimes Act. One of the counts alleges that the men conspired between 24 and 26 July 2026 in Lagos by supplying access codes capable of allowing entry into the FCMB Virtual Centre Platform. Another count claims that Aghogho disclosed server and domain credentials between April and May 2025 in exchange for $15,000. When the charges were read, the first defendant pleaded not guilty while the second defendant pleaded guilty. The prosecution asked the court to commence trial against the first defendant and to review the facts of the case against the second. Justice F.N. Ogazi adjourned the matter until 27 August 2026 for further proceedings and ordered that both defendants be remanded in a correctional centre.