A former banker, Christopher Jackson Edeh, has been sentenced to a total of 39 years’ imprisonment for his involvement in a N2.7 billion fraud prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, delivered the judgment on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, after finding Edeh guilty on nine counts bordering on fraudulent false accounting and unauthorised access to a computer system.
The case was prosecuted by the EFCC’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 1.
Edeh was arraigned on February 28, 2024, over allegations that he altered the bank account details of several customers and government-related entities with intent to defraud.
The affected accounts included those of the Kano State Government Power Intervention Fund, NNPC Trading Limited, Stallion Vision Ltd, the Lagos State Government Blue Line, the State Contributory Pension Account and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University.
During the trial, prosecuting counsel, Z.B. Atiku, called three witnesses and tendered several documents in evidence to establish the case against the defendant.
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The defence called one witness.
In her judgment, Justice Abike-Fadipe held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently convicted Edeh on all nine counts.
The court sentenced Edeh to five years’ imprisonment without an option of fine on each of counts one to seven, which bordered on fraudulent false accounting.
He was also sentenced to two years’ imprisonment without an option of fine on each of counts eight and nine, relating to unauthorised access to a computer system with intent to facilitate the commission of crimes.
The court, however, ordered that all the sentences run concurrently.
