A former personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged fraud involving more than N50 million against Uchenna Chijioke Ebitimi and his son, Prince Ebitimi Erobi.
According to the petition, Uchenna Ebitimi allegedly presented himself as a Personal Assistant to the National Security Adviser on South-East Security and also claimed to be the Chief of Staff to Senator Osita Bonaventure Izunaso.
The petitioner alleged that Ebitimi used the claimed connections to convince him to part with large sums of money under the promise of securing jobs and contracts in government agencies and institutions.
The petition stated that sometime in December 2024, Ebitimi informed the complainant about a purported employment opportunity at the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority.
According to the document, the suspect allegedly demanded N3 million to facilitate the job placement. The money was reportedly paid, but the promised job never materialized.
The petitioner claimed that after repeated delays, Ebitimi later informed him that the position was no longer available.
The petition further alleged that the suspect introduced another offer involving two contracts allegedly linked to the son of Senator Benson Agadaga and valued at N50 million.
According to the petitioner, Ebitimi allegedly offered to sell the contracts for N5 million each and pressured him to quickly provide the funds, claiming that other interested buyers were waiting.
The complainant said he subsequently paid N10 million for the contracts, only for the suspect to later claim that the opportunities had been withdrawn because the contracts were allegedly used to settle political supporters.
Following demands for a refund, the petitioner alleged that Ebitimi introduced fresh business opportunities involving contracts at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and the Ministry of Petroleum.
The suspect allegedly requested N200,000 and N250,000 respectively to facilitate the deals, sums which the petitioner claimed were paid but yielded no results.
The petition also accused Ebitimi of introducing another supposed job opportunity at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
According to the petitioner, Ebitimi claimed to have contacts within the NCC and demanded N2 million for each job slot.
The complainant stated that he made a part payment of N2.5 million, but the promised jobs were never secured.
The petitioner further alleged that after collecting the money, Ebitimi and his supposed NCC contact stopped communicating.
The matter allegedly expanded further after Uchenna Ebitimi introduced his son, Prince Ebitimi Erobi, to the complainant for a forex trading investment scheme.
According to the petition, Prince Erobi allegedly convinced the complainant to invest money in forex trading with a promise that profits would be shared at a ratio of 60 percent for the investor and 40 percent for himself.
The petitioner claimed that on August 8, 2025, he transferred N1,594,040 for the forex business.
Additional payments of N1,539,000, N750,000, and N1,184,000 were allegedly made subsequently as part of the investment arrangement.
The former DSS officer alleged that despite the payments, no profits were returned and the investments yielded no results.
The petition concluded that through various alleged false representations and fraudulent schemes, Uchenna Ebitimi and his son, Prince Ebitimi Erobi, defrauded the complainant of over N50 million.
The petitioner is now urging the EFCC to investigate the allegations and recover the funds allegedly obtained under false pretences.
As of the time of filing this report, neither Uchenna Ebitimi nor Prince Ebitimi Erobi had publicly responded to the allegations contained in the petition.
