The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, November 12, 2026, arraigned a Fuji musician, Felix Duke Osagie, before Justice Ismail O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over an alleged stealing and obtaining money by false pretence.
Osagie was arraigned on a four-count charge dated April 20, 2026, and filed on April 22, 2026. One of the counts alleged that sometime in 2020, the defendant fraudulently converted the sum of N21,250,000, property of one Joseph Onu Oguche. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him.
Following his plea, EFCC prosecution counsel, Lamido Ochuko, urged the court to fix a date for trial and remand the defendant in a correctional facility.
However, defence counsel, Sunday Afolabi, informed the court that the defence had filed a bail application dated November 4, 2026, and filed on November 5, 2026. The application was supported by an 18-paragraph affidavit deposed to by the defendant’s wife.
Counsel told the court that the defendant was diabetic and could no longer walk due to his deteriorating health condition. He added that his health had worsened while in EFCC custody and that he had been in and out of the hospital since his release from the Commission’s custody.
In response, prosecution counsel, Ochuko, informed the court that the prosecution had filed a counter-affidavit dated November 10, 2026. He urged the court to consider paragraph six of the counter-affidavit, which alleged that the defendant had been jumping bail since July 2026. The prosecution also disclosed its intention to call four witnesses during the trial.
Justice Ijelu granted the defendant bail in the sum of N10 million with two sureties in like sum. The judge directed that the sureties must be blood relatives of the defendant and must have paid taxes to the Lagos State Government within the last three years. They must also provide evidence of a verifiable source of income.
The court further ordered the defendant to surrender his international passport to the Registrar of the court and barred him from travelling outside Nigeria.
The matter was adjourned until December 16, 2026, for trial, while the defendant was remanded in a correctional facility pending the perfection of his bail conditions.
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