Lagos, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned four suspects before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over alleged fraud and theft involving approximately N91.7 million ($61,000 USD) and N3.4 million. The suspects are staff members linked to God’s Touch Apartment and Hotels.
Okay News reports that the agency disclosed the arraignment in a statement on Monday. The suspects, identified as Adetunji Mathew, Victor Damilare Olaomo, Douglas Agorom Ikwugwu, and Arowolo Adeniyi Abiodun, appeared before different judges at the Lagos State High Court.
Mathew and Olaomo were arraigned before Justice O. A. Okunuga on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony and stealing to the tune of N91,749,230. The offences are contrary to Sections 409 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
One count against Mathew states that he dishonestly converted N64,764,830 to his own use while being accountant of God’s Touch Apartment and Hotels between 2024 and 2025. Another count against Olaomo states he dishonestly converted N26,082,400 to his own use in the same period.
Ikwugwu and Abiodun were arraigned before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, and retention of proceeds of crime.
Ikwugwu was charged with dishonestly stealing and converting N1,966,000 to his own use while being Duty Manager at God’s Touch Apartment Hotel in June 2025. Abiodun was charged with dishonestly stealing and converting N1,500,000 to his own use while being Auditor at the same hotel.
All four defendants pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them. Justice Okunuga ordered that Mathew and Olaomo be remanded in a correctional facility. The matter was adjourned to March 17, 2026, for hearing of the bail application.
Justice Abike-Fadipe adjourned the case involving Ikwugwu and Abiodun to March 16, 2026, for hearing of their bail applications and May 20, 2026, for commencement of trial.
In mid-2025, the court convicted two oil marketers, Mamman Nasir Ali and Christian Taylor, sentencing them to 14 years imprisonment each over a N2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud case. In October 2025, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Lagos-based businessman Ugoh Christogonus Onyewuchi and his firm over alleged theft of N215.8 million.
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