The Nigeria Police Force have arraigned a 31-year-old woman, Funke Femiloba, before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly impersonating a staff member of OPay Digital Services Limited and obtaining money from members of the public under false pretence.
Femiloba was arraigned on September 24, 2026, on a four-count charge, marked MIK/P/53/26, bordering on conspiracy, impersonation, conduct likely to cause a breach of peace and obtaining money by false pretence.
Following her arraignment, the court remanded her in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service and adjourned the case until November 30, 2026, for hearing.
According to the charge, the defendant allegedly conspired with other persons who are still at large in September 2026 in Ikeja, Lagos, to obtain money from members of the public by false pretence.
The police alleged in the second count that Femiloba falsely presented herself as a representative of OPay Digital Services Limited, an act punishable under Section 78 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
The third count accused her of conducting herself in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace by misleading members of the public, contrary to Section 168(d) of the same law.
In the fourth count, the police alleged that Femiloba obtained a specific sum of money from a member of the public under false pretence. The offence was brought under Section 313 and punishable under Section 314 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
The first count of conspiracy was filed under Section 411 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
The allegations have not been proven in court.
