Federal Government is set to arraign a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, January 26, over alleged fraud involving a property in London, United Kingdom.
The arraignment is scheduled to take place in Courtroom 4, according to a hearing notice sighted by The PUNCH on Wednesday.
In the case, Ozekhome is listed as the sole defendant, with the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the plaintiff.
The prosecution will be led by Osuobeni Akponimisingha, Head of the High Profile Prosecution Department of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.
The notice states that the case “will be transferred from the general cause list to the hearing paper for Monday, the 26th day of January, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.”
It also advises that if either party seeks to postpone the hearing, they must apply to the court promptly and provide evidence if the application is fact-based. Parties seeking to enforce witness attendance are required to give reasonable notice.
Ozekhome faces three counts in the charge filed by the ICPC on January 16.
The case follows a petition to the ICPC by the head of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraj.
The petition referenced a British court judgment that accused Ozekhome and others of conspiring with corrupt Nigerian officials to procure fake national identity documents to “fraudulently claim ownership” of a property in North London.
The ICPC stated that it launched an investigation after a London property tribunal issued a judgment implicating Ozekhome and others in a web of fraud and forged documents.
