EFCC Arraigns Man Who Posed As Tinubu's Special Adviser Over Alleged N25Million Fraud

May 26, 2026

Count 2 of the charge alleges that between September 5, 2024, and October 10, 2025, in Abuja, Igoin Tokoni Peter, with intent to defraud, obtained ₦19,806,500 from Jeriod Limited through an account belonging to Smartz Skyward Energy Limited at Zenith Bank.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, May 15, 2026, arraigned one Igoin Tokoni Peter, a self-acclaimed presidential aide, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged N25 million fraud.

Peter, who allegedly posed as the Special Adviser to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Bola Tinubu) on ICT Development and Digital Innovation, was docked on a four-count charge bordering on impersonation and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N25 million.

Count one of the charges read, “That you, Igoin Tokoni Peter, sometime between 30th August, 2024 and 30th October, 2025 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court with the intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of N25,941,787.00 (Twenty Five Million, Nine Hundred and Forty One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven Naira) through Smartz Skyward Energy Limited account No 1312736201 domiciled with Zenith Bank from Dontown Assets Limited under the false pretense that you are the Special Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on ICT Development and Digital Innovations and that the said sum will be used to secure cryptocurrency exchange operational license which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”