The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Fuji musician Felix Duke Osagie before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over an alleged ₦21.25 million fraud.
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Osagie was arraigned on Thursday, November 12, 2026, before Justice Ismail O. Ijelu on a four-count charge bordering on alleged stealing and obtaining money by false pretence.
The charge was dated April 20, 2026, and filed on April 22, 2026.
One of the counts alleged that sometime in 2020, Osagie fraudulently converted the sum of ₦21,250,000 belonging to one Joseph Onu Oguche.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him.
Following his plea, EFCC prosecution counsel, Lamido Ochuko, urged the court to fix a date for trial and remand the defendant in a correctional facility pending the determination of the case.
However, defence counsel, Sunday Afolabi, informed the court that the defence had filed a bail application dated November 4, 2026, and filed on November 5, 2026.
The application was supported by an 18-paragraph affidavit deposed to by the defendant’s wife.
Afolabi told the court that Osagie was diabetic and could no longer walk due to what he described as a deteriorating health condition.
He further said the defendant’s health worsened while in EFCC custody and that he had been in and out of hospital since his release from the Commission’s custody.
Responding, Ochuko informed the court that the prosecution had filed a counter-affidavit dated November 10, 2026.
He urged the court to consider paragraph six of the counter-affidavit, which alleged that the defendant had been jumping bail since July 2026.
The prosecution also disclosed that it intended to call four witnesses during the trial.
After hearing the submissions, Justice Ijelu granted Osagie bail in the sum of ₦10 million with two sureties in like sum.
The judge directed that the sureties must be blood relatives of the defendant, must have paid taxes to the Lagos State Government within the last three years and must provide evidence of a verifiable source of income.
The court also ordered Osagie to surrender his international passport to the Registrar of the court and barred him from travelling outside Nigeria.
Justice Ijelu adjourned the matter until December 16, 2026, for trial.
The defendant was ordered to remain in a correctional facility pending the perfection of his bail conditions.
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