EFCC Arraigns Popular Musician, FELIX DUKE, for Alleged N21.2m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned popular Nigerian musician, FELIX DUKE, on fraud charges.

In the matter before Justice ISMAIL IJELU of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, the EFCC alleged that FELIX DUKE committed Twenty-One-Point-Two-Million-Naira fraud.

The EFCC alleged that the defendant stole and converted for his personal use the sum of Twenty-One Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand, belonging to one JOSEPH ONUH OGUCHE.

However, the defendant pleaded "not guilty" to the four-count charge comprising stealing, obtaining money by false pretence, retention of proceeds of crime, and giving false information.

Following the development, Justice IJELU granted the defendant bail in the sum of Ten Million Naira, with two sureties in like sum, including one of the sureties who must be a blood relative of the defendant.

Furthermore, the court directed that both sureties must be residents of 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 and barred him from travelling outside of Nigeria pending the conclusion of the matter.

The matter was then adjourned until December 16, 2026, for the commencement of trial, while FELIX DUKE is to be remanded in a Correctional facility pending the perfection of his bail conditions.