EFCC Arrests Abuja Realtor Omokamo After Court Order

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Abuja-based realtor, Rebecca Omokamo Godwin-Isaac, after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the anti-graft agency to take her into custody and produce her for the continuation of her trial over alleged land fraud, forgery and money laundering.

THE WHISTLER learnt that Omokamo was arrested early Wednesday after she voluntarily walked out of her Guzape residence, where she had claimed to have been trapped for 23 days due to an EFCC siege.

Her arrest followed an order by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Tuesday directing the commission to produce her in court on Thursday, July 23, after she failed to appear for the continuation of her criminal trial.

At Tuesday’s proceedings, Omokamo’s lawyer, Christopher Oshomeghie, told the court that EFCC operatives had laid siege to his client’s residence for 23 days, preventing her from leaving because she feared for her safety.

However, the prosecution, led by Benedict Ubi, disputed the claim, insisting that the defendant had the keys to the apartment and had locked herself inside.

The prosecution maintained that EFCC operatives stationed outside the property were only enforcing an interim forfeiture order issued by the court and had not prevented her from leaving.

Ubi further told the court that Omokamo was under a “self-imposed house arrest” following the interim forfeiture order on the disputed property.

He also accused the defendant of obstructing EFCC officers from executing the court’s order and breaching the conditions of her administrative bail by travelling outside the court’s jurisdiction on several occasions.

Responding, Oshomeghie argued that EFCC operatives had effectively taken over his client’s property, leaving her confined indoors for more than three weeks. He added that the prolonged situation had affected her health.

After hearing both sides, Justice Abdulmalik ordered the EFCC to take Omokamo into custody and produce her before the court on Thursday for the continuation of her trial, noting that her counsel had confirmed she possessed the keys to the apartment.

Earlier in a related civil suit filed by the EFCC, Justice Abdulmalik rebuked Oshomeghie after he sought clarification on her earlier order directing parties to maintain the status quo over the disputed property.

The lawyer had argued that the continued presence of EFCC operatives at the Guzape property had effectively confined his client indoors for almost a month.

The judge dismissed the submission, saying, “When I make an order, I go to sleep,” adding that counsel could not “think for the court.”

During the civil proceedings, the prosecution informed the court that an application for the final forfeiture of the disputed property was pending, alongside another application by a third party seeking to be joined in the suit.

Justice Abdulmalik ruled that the joinder application would be heard first before the other pending applications and adjourned the civil matter until October 15.

Meanwhile, EFCC sources confirmed that contrary to Omokamo’s claim that she was trapped inside the house, she voluntarily walked out of the building early Wednesday morning, after which she was arrested in compliance with the court’s order.

Omokamo was arraigned on June 18, 2025, before Justice Abdulmalik in two separate criminal cases marked FHC/ABJ/CR/76/2025 and FHC/ABJ/CR/77/2025.

She is standing trial alongside her husband, Isaac Yusuf Ishaku, Homadil Realty Limited, Idakwogi Richard John and Rychado Homes Limited.

The EFCC alleges that the defendants fraudulently obtained more than ₦500 million from victims between 2023 and 2024 through the sale of plots of land using forged documents, including fake Powers of Attorney.

The disputed properties include Plot 4022 in Guzape and several plots in Katampe, Abuja.

The anti-graft agency also alleges that proceeds of the alleged fraud were laundered through company accounts.

Among the alleged victims is 79-year-old widow, Colleen Yesufu. Another prosecution witness, Abu Gambo, earlier told the court that he lost ₦62 million after purchasing two plots in Katampe whose land titles later disappeared from the records of the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS).