EFCC Docks Music Star, Felix Duke For Alleged N21.2m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, November 12, arraigned a musician, Felix Duke Osagie, (Felix Duke,) for an alleged N21.2 million fraud before Justice Ismail O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja,Lagos.

The music artist is facing trial on a four-count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining money by false pretence, retention of proceeds of crime, and giving false information.

One of the counts reads: “That you, FELIX DUKE OSAGIE, sometime in 2020, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with a dishonest intent, stole and converted for your own use the sum of N21,250,000 (Twenty One Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira), property of one Mr. Joseph Onuh Oguche, thereby committing an offence of stealing contrary to Section 280 and punishable under Section 287 of Criminal Laws of Lagos 2015.”

Another count reads: “That you, FELIX DUKE OSAGIE, on the 2nd April, 2026, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intention to mislead, made a false statement to officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the course of investigation, of the existence a land you had authority to sell, which is situate at Ise in Ibeju- Lekki, Lagos, which to your knowledge is false, thereby committing an offence to wit, false information contrary to and punishable by Section 39 of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission Establishment Act, No.1 of 2004.”

The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to him.

Following his “not guilty” plea, prosecution counsel, Abdulhamid Lamido Tukur, asked the court for a trial date and prayed that the defendant be remanded in a correctional centre.

The defence counsel, Sunday Afolabi, however, informed the court about a pending bail application dated November 4, 2026, and filed on November 5, 2026.

According to him, the application was supported by an 18-paragraph affidavit deposed to by the defendant’s wife.

He urged the court to grant bail to the defendant on very liberal terms or on self-recognisance.

In response, the prosecution counsel, Tukur, informed the court that the prosecution had filed a counter-affidavit dated November 10, 2026.

He, therefore, urged the court to consider paragraph six of the counter-affidavit,stating that the defendant had jumped bail since July 2026.

The prosecution counsel also disclosed his intention to call four witnesses during the trial.

Tukur said: “We filed a 14-paragraph counter-affidavit, urging the court to reject the bail application.

“The defendant had jumped EFCC’s administrative bail since July.

“Also, the defendant has been carrying on with his fundamental rights enforcement suit in another court through his legal counsel.”

Justice Ijelu granted the defendant bail in the sum of N10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira), with two sureties in like sum.

One of the sureties must be a blood relative of the defendant.

Both sureties must be resident in Lagos; must have paid taxes to the Lagos State Government within the last three years, and must also provide evidence of a verifiable source of income.

Justice Ojelu further ordered the defendant to surrender his passport to the Court’s Registrar. The judge also barred him from travelling outside of Nigeria pending the conclusion of the matter.

Justice Ijelu adjourned until December 16, 2026, for the commencement of trial and ordered the defendant to be remanded in a Correctional facility pending the perfection of his bail conditions