Gideon Bakpa Aghogho, an employee of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), and his alleged accomplice, Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka, were brought before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday to answer charges of unlawful handling of the bank’s access credentials.
The suspects were arraigned with one “Scott”, who the prosecution said is currently at large, it was reported, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
They were arraigned before Justice F.S.N. Ogazi on eight counts of conspiracy, unauthorized access to a computer system, unlawful disclosure of access credentials, attempted interception of a network database and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities.
The charges followed the alleged illegal provision and use of access credentials that could allow access to the database of FCMB, the EFCC Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 said.
These offenses were said to be in violation of the provisions of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act. Act, 2015, as amended in 2024 and relevant sections of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
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EFCC prosecutor, Bilikisu Buhari, was before the commission, while N. Egah appeared for Aghogho and M. Livingstone for Chukwuebuka. Patrick Ngbeoma appeared for the nominal complainant on a watching brief basis
Chukwuebuka pled guilty to the charges when they were read to them but Aghogho pled not guilty to the charges.
Buhari asked the court to remand Aghogho in a correctional facility and set a date for the trial following the latter’s plea.
The prosecutor asked the court to fix a date for the review of facts subsequent to his guilty plea on Chukwuebuka.
Justice Ogazi then adjourned the matter till the 27th of August, 2026, for review of facts and other proceedings and ordered that the defendants be remanded in a correctional center.
Aghogho was said to have given his access code to the FCMB system via the local Administrative Credential (ITSD) which the prosecution said could allow access to the FCMB Virtual Center Platform.
The anti-graft agency alleged the access credentials were given in Lagos between July 24 and July 26, 2026 with intent to commit an offense.
In a separate charge, the commission alleged that between April and May 2025 in Lagos, Aghogho knowingly and without any lawful authority disclosed access credentials including FCMB’s server IP and domain credentials to enable access to the bank’s database in exchange for $15,000.
Chukwuebuka was also accused of leaking access credentials like the IP of the bank’s server and domain credentials, for an alleged financial gain of $10,000.
The prosecution also alleged that between July 24 and 26, 2026, Aghogho and Chukwuebuka in connivance with “Scott” attempted to use an HP Elite laptop belonging to Aghogho and assigned to him by FCMB as a working tool to illegally access the bank’s database.
The EFCC also alleged that the defendants and “Scott” conspired to illegally access the FCMB’s network database. The final two charges involve the alleged holding of proceeds from illegal activities.
The charges state that as of July 26, 2026, Aghogho was in possession of $2,000 and Chukwuebuka was in possession of $400, which the prosecution says they ought reasonably to have known formed part of the proceeds of unlawful acts.
