The Federal Government will arraign SAN Mike Ozekhome in Abuja on January 26 over alleged fraud linked to a London property and forged documents

The Federal Government is set to arraign Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, over alleged fraud connected to a property in London, United Kingdom.

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Barring any last-minute changes, the arraignment is scheduled for Monday, January 26, 2026, at Courtroom 4 of the FCT High Court, according to a hearing notice sighted on Wednesday.

In the suit, Ozekhome is listed as the sole defendant, while the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the plaintiff. The prosecution will be led by the Head of the High Profile Prosecution Department of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Osuobeni Akponimisingha.

The hearing notice stated that the matter “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 noted that any application for adjournment must be promptly filed and supported with evidence where necessary.

Ozekhome is facing a three-count charge filed by the ICPC on January 16, 2026.

According to the first count, the SAN allegedly, in August 2021 in London, directly received a property located at No. 79 Randall Avenue, London NW2 7SX, from one Mr. Shani Tali, knowing that the act constituted a felony.

The offence is said to be contrary to Section 13 and punishable under Section 24 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

The second count alleges that Ozekhome, while acting in his capacity as a legal practitioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, created a false Nigerian passport bearing the name of Mr. Shani Tali in August 2021.

The prosecution claims the document was used to support a fraudulent ownership claim over the London property, contrary to Sections 363 and 364 of the Penal Code Laws of the FCT.

In the third count, the ICPC alleges that Ozekhome dishonestly used the same forged passport to substantiate the ownership claim, knowing the document to be false, contrary to Section 366 and punishable under Section 364 of the Penal Code.

The charges followed a petition submitted to the ICPC by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, led by its executive director, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraj.

The petition reportedly relied on a judgment of a British court, which accused Ozekhome and others of conspiring with corrupt Nigerian officials to procure forged national identity documents in order to fraudulently claim ownership of a North London property.

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The ICPC said it commenced investigations after a London property tribunal issued a judgment implicating Ozekhome and others in an alleged scheme involving fraud and forged documents.