According to the EFCC, the first count alleged that Sophina, between January 1 and April 30, 2026, in Enugu, knowingly possessed a fraudulent document with the intent to defraud.
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a woman, Mbah Chidinma Sophina, before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu, over alleged identity theft, forgery and possession of fraudulent documents.
The defendant was brought before the court on a three-count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents, forgery and identity theft.
According to the EFCC, the first count alleged that Sophina, between January 1 and April 30, 2026, in Enugu, knowingly possessed a fraudulent document with the intent to defraud.
The charge reads: “That you, Mbah Chidinma Sophina, sometime between 1st of January, 2026 to 30th of April, 2026 at Enugu, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with intent to defraud, had in your possession, a document asserting that you are Florence-Gweh Togba Doaryenneh, which to your knowledge contained a false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 6 1 (3) of the same Act.”
