Lagos Court Jails Ex-Banker Christopher Edeh 39 Years Over N2.7bn Fraud Involving NNPC, Kano Govt

Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, sentenced a former banker, Christopher Jackson Edeh, to 39 years imprisonment for N2.7 billion fraud.

Edeh was prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on nine counts bordering on fraudulent accounting and unauthorised access to a computer system.

The court heard that the convict altered account details of several customers and government-related entities, including the Kano State Government Power Intervention Fund, NNPC Trading Limited, Stallion Vision Limited, Lagos State Government Blue Line, State Contributory Pension Account and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, with intent to defraud.

He was arraigned on February 28, 2024.During trial, EFCC counsel, Z.B. Atiku, called three witnesses and tendered several documents to prove the case, while the defence called one witness.

In her judgment, Justice Abike-Fadipe held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and convicted Edeh on all nine counts.

She sentenced him to five years imprisonment without option of fine on each of counts one to seven for fraudulent false accounting, and two years imprisonment without option of fine on counts eight and nine for unauthorised access to a computer system with intent to commit crime.

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The court ordered that all sentences run concurrently, meaning the convict will spend five years in prison.

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