The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on Monday clarified its discontinuation of a fraud (criminal) charge against the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe.
The clarification was disclosed in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Communication and Publicity, Office of the AGF & Minister of Justice, Kamarudeen Ogundele, on June 9, 2025.
The statement was issued in response to the reaction trailing a media report which accused the AGF and the Nigerian government of dropping Dr. Nneka C. Onyeali-Ikpe’s name as a co-defendant in an ongoing criminal case involving an alleged multi-billion-naira fraud.