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 ₦21.25 million fraud.
Duke was arraigned on Thursday, November 12, 2026, by the commission’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 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.
One of the charges alleged that the musician, sometime in 2020, stole and converted ₦21.25 million belonging to one Joseph Onuh Oguche for his personal use.
Another count accused him of making a false statement to EFCC investigators on April 2, 2026, concerning a parcel of land at Ise, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, which he allegedly claimed he had the authority to sell.
The musician pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
During proceedings, prosecution counsel, Abdulhamid Lamido Tukur, told the court that the defendant had allegedly jumped the commission’s administrative bail since July 2026 and urged the court to reject his bail application.
However, Justice Ijelu granted him bail in the sum of ₦10 million with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties must be his blood relative, while both must reside in Lagos, 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 and barred him from travelling outside Nigeria pending the conclusion of the case.
The matter was adjourned until December 16, 2026, for commencement of trial, while the defendant was ordered to remain in a correctional facility pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions.
