The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a Lagos-based businessman, Ugoh Christogonus Onyewuchi, and his company, C-PAC Integrated Service Nigeria, before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged theft and retention of N215.8 million.
The defendants were brought before the court on Monday, October 13, 2025, by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC on a two-count charge bordering on stealing and retention of proceeds of criminal conduct.
According to the anti-graft agency, Onyewuchi allegedly retained control of N215,800,000, part of an N8.5 billion sum reportedly stolen from accounts domiciled with a commercial bank through unauthorised access to its computers and server systems. The funds were said to have been transferred into the account of C-PAC Integrated Service Nigeria.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him in court.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel, M.K. Bashir, applied for a trial date and prayed the court to remand the defendant in a correctional centre pending trial. In response, defence counsel, G.D. Innocent, urged the court to allow his client to continue enjoying the bail earlier granted by Justice I.O. Idowu during the court’s vacation period.
Justice Abike-Fadipe granted the defence request and ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility pending the perfection of his bail conditions. The case was adjourned to December 17 and 18, 2025, for the commencement of the trial.
