Two brothers, Destiny Ogechukwu Oliseyenum, 23; Wisdom Ebube Oliseyenum, 21, and two others for allegedly hacking into a company server and removed a huge sum of N126,750 million, have been arraigned before a Federal High Court, Lagos.
The other two individuals Arraigned alongs the two brothers are Ewomazino Enefure Edhugo, 21; and 20 years old Miracle Chukwunomsue.
They were arraigned before Justice Akintayo Aluko by the operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit PSFU Ikoyi Lagos, on a three counts-charge of conspiracy, impersonation and fraud of the mentioned sum.
The prosecutor, Barrister Justine Enang, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) told the court that the defendants and others now at large committed the alleged offences between July and August 2025.
Barrister Enang told the court the four youths fraudulently inserted their Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs) and bank account details to into the server DD Affiance’s LOHLI Platform, which they used in removing the amount from the company’s vault.
He told the court that the acts of the defendants contravened sections 27(1)}(b); 14(1)of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc.) Act, 2015 as Amended in 2024, punishable under Section 14(1) of the same Act. And Section 18(2)(b)(d) and punishable under Section 18(3) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
The defendants please not guilty to the charges.
Following their not guilty plea, the prosecutor asked for a trial date, while also urged the court to remand them pending trial.
Their lawyer equally asked the court for a short date, to enable him file their bail applications.
Following the counsels submissions, Justice Aluko adjourned the matter to January 15, 2026, for trial, while ordered that the defendants be remanded in the facility of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS).
Parts of the count charge against the defendants read: “that you Destiny Ogechukwu Oliseyenum ‘m’, Wisdom Ebube Oliseyenum ‘m’, Ewomazino Enefure Edhugo ‘m’, Miracle Chukwunomsue ‘m’ and others now at large, sometimes in July to August 2025, in Lagos State, within the jurisdiction of the Judicial Division of the Federal High Court, with intent to defraud, did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit: internet fraud to the tune of N126,750,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Six Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) by false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 27(1)}(b) of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc.) Act, 2015 as Amended in 2024, Read along with Section 14(1) of the same Act.
“That you Destiny Ogechukwu Oliseyenum ‘m’, Wisdom Ebube Oliseyenum ‘m’, Ewomazino Enefure Edhugo ‘m’, Miracle Chukwunomsue ‘m’, and others now at large, sometimes in July to August 2025, in Lagos State, within the aforementioned Judicial Division of the Federal High Court, did knowingly and without authority cause financial lost to DD Affiance Project Limited to the tune of N126,750,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Six Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) by impersonating unsuspected customers, fraudulently using their Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs) and Bank Account Details to infiltrate on the Company’s LOHLI PLATFORM and diverted funds meant for other subscribers into your own wallet, with the collision of Third Party APLS and Tools to attack the system, thereby conferred economic benefits on yourselves by converting the money in question to your own use against DD Affiance Project Limited and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 14(1) of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc.) Act, 2015 as Amended in 2024.”
