The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, on Wednesday 4 November 2026 arraigned Joanah Eyere Eyong and her company, Joanah Eyere Consulting Limited, before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendants face a four count charge of alleged fraudulent conversion of funds totalling N16.7 million belonging to two individuals.
The charge alleges that the defendants converted funds entrusted to them for visa processing applications. Count one states that Joanah Eyere Eyong and Joanah Eyere Consulting Limited, between 7 and 8 November 2023 in Lagos, fraudulently converted N5,700,000 (Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Naira Only) belonging to Ngozi Amanda Okwuchukwu. A further count alleges that between 14 June and 29 July 2024 they fraudulently converted N11,001,800 (Eleven Million, One Thousand, Eight Hundred Naira Only) belonging to Udogwu Clement Ikechukwu.
Both counts charge the defendants with stealing under Section 383(1) of the Criminal Code Act, Cap. C38, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, punishable under Section 390 of the same Act. The offences are said to have been committed with intent to use the funds at the defendants’ will.
The defendants pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them. Prosecution counsel F.B. Orilade thereafter urged the court to remand the defendants in a correctional facility and to fix a date for the commencement of trial.
Justice Osiagor admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N12 million with one surety in like sum. The judge ordered that the surety must be a civil servant on Grade Level 15, must own landed property within the jurisdiction of the court, and must be verified by the registrar of the court. The defendants were remanded in a correctional facility pending fulfilment of the bail conditions.
The case was adjourned until 17 March 2027 for the commencement of trial.
By John James
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