The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has filed a criminal charge against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, over alleged fraud linked to a property in London.
The charge, filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, accuses Ozekhome of involvement in a high-profile corruption case relating to the ownership of a property located in the United Kingdom.
Court documents showed that the three-count charge, dated January 16, 2026, was filed by the ICPC through its Head of High Profile Prosecution Department, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, with Ozekhome listed as the sole defendant.
In the first count, the anti-graft agency alleged that the 68-year-old senior lawyer, in August 2021 or thereabout, received a property known as No. 79, Randall Avenue, London NW2 7SX, said to have been given to him by one Shani Tali.
The commission said the alleged act amounts to a felony under the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
The second count accused Ozekhome, while practising as a legal practitioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, of allegedly making a false document, a Nigerian passport bearing the name of Shani Tali, with the intent of using it to support a claim of ownership of the London property.
According to the ICPC, the offence contravenes provisions of the Penal Code applicable in the Federal Capital Territory.
In the third count, the senior lawyer was accused of knowingly using the said passport, which the commission alleged to be false, as a genuine document in pursuit of ownership claims over the property.
The ICPC attached a list of exhibits to the charge, including a judgment dated September 11, 2025, extra-judicial statements, documents relating to interim forfeiture proceedings, and other relevant materials.
Investigators from the ICPC and a representative of the Nigerian Immigration Service are listed among witnesses expected to testify.
The case had yet to be assigned to a judge as of the time of filing.