Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, the suspended South-West women leader of the City Boy Movement, is now reported to be in EFCC custody after the anti-graft agency declared her wanted in April over an alleged false-pretence case. The development brings a months-long investigation into a new stage, but the allegations against her have not been determined by a court.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has taken Halimat Adenike Tejuosho into custody, according to EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, as reported on September 26. The development follows months of investigation, a public wanted notice and an earlier court case in which Tejuosho was listed as a defendant.

The case is significant because it did not begin with the September arrest report. Public records and earlier reporting show that the EFCC had already questioned Tejuosho in 2025, declared her wanted in April 2026 and linked her to a separate court proceeding involving an alleged ₦603.4 million fraud scheme. The City Boy Movement also suspended her from its South-West women's leadership position after the wanted notice was issued.

The EFCC's April 2026 wanted notice identified Tejuosho as a 41-year-old Lagos indigene and said she was wanted in connection with an investigation into alleged obtaining of money by false pretence. The commission listed her last known address as Aso Grove Estate, Maitama Extension, Abuja, and appealed to the public for information that could lead to her location.

The wanted declaration followed an earlier EFCC investigation. According to reporting based on the commission's account, Tejuosho had been interrogated in June 2025 following complaints that she allegedly collected money from people while claiming she could secure federal government appointments and lucrative contracts. She was subsequently granted administrative bail while the investigation continued.

That history is important because the April wanted notice was not the first time Tejuosho had come under EFCC scrutiny.

The separate ₦603.4 million court case

There is also a court proceeding that provides more detailed context.

On February 9, 2026, the EFCC arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Tejuosho before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, over an amended six-count charge involving alleged fraud, obtaining money by false pretence and forgery.

Tejuosho was not physically present in court at the time and was described in reports of the proceeding as being at large. Gidado Ibrahim appeared before the court and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

According to the charges reported from the court proceeding, the EFCC alleged that the defendants obtained ₦603.4 million from Oluseye Yomi-Sholoye between August and October 2024 by claiming they could facilitate her appointment as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

The prosecution also alleged that a document purportedly originating from the Presidential Villa and the Office of the National Security Adviser was used in connection with the alleged scheme. These are prosecution allegations contained in the charge, not findings that Tejuosho committed the offences.

The distinction is important: an allegation in a criminal charge still has to be established through the legal process.

The EFCC's April notice changed Tejuosho's status publicly.
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Rather than simply being a person under investigation, she was formally declared wanted, with the commission asking members of the public to provide information about her whereabouts.

The announcement also triggered an institutional response from the City Boy Movement.

The organisation suspended Tejuosho as its South-West Zonal Coordinator of the Women Wing, saying the suspension would remain in place pending the conclusion and resolution of the matter by the relevant authorities. The movement said the decision was intended to protect its image and allow the investigation to proceed without interference.

The suspension itself does not establish guilt. It was an administrative decision taken by the organisation while the investigation was continuing.

A political connection, but not a finding of wrongdoing

Tejuosho's position within the City Boy Movement gives the case a political dimension.

The movement has publicly positioned itself as a youth-oriented group supporting President Bola Tinubu's political agenda and second-term bid. Tejuosho's suspension therefore placed a financial-crime investigation involving one of its officials into a wider political environment.

That connection should nevertheless be separated from the substance of the EFCC case.

There is currently no basis in the evidence reviewed to conclude that the allegations against Tejuosho establish wrongdoing by the City Boy Movement or by other political figures associated with it.

The documented position is narrower: Tejuosho held a leadership position in the movement, was declared wanted by the EFCC, and was subsequently suspended by the organisation pending the investigation.

The reported move into EFCC custody is important because it potentially removes one of the obstacles that had existed since the April wanted declaration: investigators can now proceed with direct access to the person they were seeking.

It also changes the procedural position from a public search for Tejuosho to an active stage in which investigators can question her and continue their case.

But custody should not be confused with conviction.

The EFCC's investigation remains an investigation, and the allegations contained in the criminal case remain allegations until established through the judicial process.

The February proceedings also show that at least one co-defendant, Gidado Ibrahim, pleaded not guilty. That means the court process itself remains contested rather than resolved.

Several important questions cannot yet be answered from the publicly available material.

First, what exactly led to Tejuosho's September 2026 arrest?
The reported confirmation that she is in EFCC custody establishes the current status, but the circumstances and location of the arrest have not been publicly detailed in the material reviewed.

Second, has the EFCC formally updated the court on her custody?
The public reporting reviewed for this article does not establish whether a new court appearance, arraignment or remand application has already taken place following her reported arrest.

Third, what is the current status of the ₦603.4 million case?
The February proceedings established that Tejuosho was a defendant in the case and that she was not physically present when the matter was heard. Further procedural developments will be important in determining how the case proceeds now that she is reportedly in EFCC custody.

Fourth, what evidence will ultimately be presented in court?
The public record currently contains allegations from the prosecution and procedural actions by the EFCC. It does not establish the final factual findings that a court may eventually make.

The timeline so far

June 2025:
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The EFCC questioned Tejuosho over complaints involving alleged appointment and contract scams. She was subsequently granted administrative bail while investigations continued.

February 9, 2026:
The EFCC arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Tejuosho in an FCT High Court case involving an alleged ₦603.4 million scheme. Tejuosho was not present in court.

April 27–28, 2026:
The EFCC publicly declared Tejuosho wanted over an alleged case of obtaining money by false pretence.

April 28–30, 2026:
The City Boy Movement suspended her as its South-West Zonal Coordinator of the Women Wing pending resolution of the investigation.

September 26, 2026:
EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale was reported as confirming that Tejuosho is now in the commission's custody.

The immediate next stage will depend on how the EFCC proceeds with the investigation and the existing court case.

If prosecutors seek further judicial orders concerning her detention or formally bring her before the court, those proceedings should provide more information about the status of the case and the allegations against her.

For now, the most significant confirmed change is her reported movement from wanted suspect to EFCC custody, while the underlying allegations remain unresolved.

The central question is no longer where Tejuosho is. It is what the EFCC will present as evidence, and how the courts will determine the allegations now that she is in custody.