The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Directorate, on Monday, July 21, 2025, arraigned Philip Ifejimalu Eze, Managing Director of Orimiri Oil and Gas, alongside his company, before Justice A.H. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja.
Eze is facing a one-count charge bordering on fraud, involving the alleged inducement of one Chief Amech Nduka of Amatex Oil and Gas to deliver 45,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) worth ₦63 million, purportedly paid for with a cheque drawn from a liquidated Mainstreet Bank account. The cheque was rejected upon presentation at Zenith Bank.
The charge reads in part:
“That you, Philip Ifejimalu Eze, while being the Managing Director of Orimiri Oil and Gas, sometime in 2024, with intent to defraud, induced Chief Amech Nduka to deliver 45,000 litres of AGO valued at ₦63 million through a cheque you knew was from a liquidated bank…”
The alleged offence contravenes Section 1(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and is punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
Eze pleaded not guilty to the charge. In response, prosecuting counsel Mariya Ujudud Shariff requested a date for trial to commence.
Justice Musa granted the defendant bail on conditions including two sureties—one of whom must be a civil servant not below Grade Level 12 with a verified letter of introduction, and the other, a resident property owner within the court’s jurisdiction who must sign a ₦2 million bail bond and depose to an affidavit.
The matter was adjourned to November 11, 2025, for the commencement of trial.
