The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, has arraigned a Lagos-based lawyer, Victor Azubike Awah, and his company, Sparkan Ives Limited, before Justice O.A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, for allegedly defrauding a client of ₦27 million in a fake land deal.
Awah, who appeared in court on Thursday, October 23, 2025, faced a six-count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining money by false pretence, using false documents, and issuing a dud cheque.
According to the EFCC, Awah allegedly obtained the ₦27 million from one Mrs. Onwuekwe Chioma Genevieve between October 2024 and February 2025, under the guise of selling her a plot of land in Lagos — a transaction the anti-graft agency says was based on deceit.
“That you, Victor Azubike Awah, sometime between October 2024 and February 2025, in Lagos, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of ₦27,000,000 from Mrs. Onwuekwe Chioma Genevieve under the false pretence that you have a plot of land advertised for sale, which pretence you knew to be false…”
The EFCC maintained that the alleged act contravenes Section 1(1) and is punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.
When the charges were read, Awah pleaded not guilty.
Prosecution counsel A.M. Dambuwa immediately applied for a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant pending the commencement of proceedings.
In a twist, Awah opted to represent himself during the arraignment.
Justice Okunuga subsequently adjourned the case to December 17 and 18, 2025, for the hearing of the bail application and commencement of trial.
Pending that, the judge ordered that the defendant be remanded in EFCC custody.
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