EFCC Hauls Two FCDA Officials Before Court Over Staff Houses Sale

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two officials of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) over the alleged illegal sale of four Federal Capital Territory (FCT) staff houses in Abuja.

The anti-graft agency said the defendants, Folashade Oketope and Mohammed Kabir Usman, were arraigned before Justice B.M. Bassi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Jabi, Abuja, on Monday, July 13, 2026.

According to a statement posted on the EFCC’s verified Facebook page on Wednesday, the defendants are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, and corruption arising from the alleged fraudulent disposal of government-owned residential properties.

The Commission alleged that between 2024 and 2025, the two officials, while entrusted with the management of FCT staff houses, unlawfully sold Houses 3, 4, 7 and 8 located on Plot 756, Abubakar Usman Crescent, Jabi District, Abuja, to private individuals.

One of the charges states: “That you Folashade Oketope and Mohammed Kabir Usman between 2024 and 2025 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, being entrusted with dominion over the Federal Capital Territory Staff Houses with House Numbers 3, 4, 7 and 8 of Plot 756 Abubakar Usman Crescent, Jabi District Abuja, dishonestly misappropriated or converted to your own use by unlawfully selling it to private individuals and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of the Federation, 2004 and punishable under Section 312 of the same Act.”