The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Nigerian musician Felix Duke Osagie, popularly known as Felix Duke, before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over an alleged N21.25 million fraud.
Duke was arraigned on Thursday, November 12, 2026, before Justice Ismail O. Ijelu on a four-count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining money by false pretence, retention of proceeds of crime and giving false information.
According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly stole and converted N21.25 million belonging to one Joseph Onuh Oguche in 2020.
One of the charges accused him of dishonestly converting the money for personal use, contrary to Sections 280 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Another count alleged that on April 2, 2026, Duke gave EFCC investigators false information about the existence of a parcel of land at Ise, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, which he allegedly claimed he had the authority to sell.
The commission said the alleged offence contravened Section 39 of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to all four charges.
Following his plea, prosecution counsel, Abdulhamid Lamido Tukur, requested a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility.
However, defence counsel, Sunday Afolabi, drew the court’s attention to a pending bail application dated November 4 and filed on November 5, 2026.
He told the court that the application was supported by an 18-paragraph affidavit deposed to by the defendant’s wife, urging the judge to grant bail on liberal terms or release his client on self-recognisance.
In response, Tukur informed the court that the prosecution had filed a 14-paragraph counter-affidavit dated November 10, 2026, opposing the bail application.
He alleged that the defendant had jumped the EFCC’s administrative bail since July 2026, adding that he had continued pursuing a fundamental rights enforcement suit in another court through his legal counsel.
The prosecution also disclosed plans to call four witnesses during the trial.
After considering the arguments, Justice Ijelu granted the defendant bail in the sum of N10 million, with two sureties in like sum.
The judge directed that one of the sureties must be a blood relative of the defendant, while both must reside in Lagos State, have paid taxes to the state government within the last three years and provide evidence of verifiable sources of income.
The court also ordered Duke to surrender his international passport to the registrar and prohibited him from travelling outside Nigeria pending the conclusion of the case.
Justice Ijelu adjourned the matter until December 16, 2026, for the commencement of trial and ordered that the defendant remain in a correctional facility until he fulfils his bail conditions.
