BREAKING: FG Hauls Former Alpha-Beta Workers Before Federal High Court

The Federal Government has filed criminal charges against five former employees of Alpha-Beta Consulting LLP, including the Lagos State Media Officer of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Oluwasegun Oluwasanmi, over alleged cybercrime-related offences.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Alpha-Beta Consulting LLP is a firm responsible for the computation, monitoring and reconciliation of Lagos State’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in exchange for a commission.

The defendants—Olayinka Gafar Oladeji, Ajibade Olufemi Adeyemi, Olatoye Jimoh Bamidele, Oluwasegun Oluwasanmi and Okewale Akintunde Oluleke—are being prosecuted before the Federal High Court in Lagos in a case marked FHC/L/1904.

According to the charge sheet, the Federal Government accused the five defendants of conspiracy, cyberbullying, transmitting threatening messages, disseminating online publications and creating an anonymous Gmail account allegedly used to circulate materials relating to Alpha-Beta Consulting LLP and its Group Managing Director.

The development follows the withdrawal of an earlier criminal case against Oluwasanmi and the other defendants by the police at Magistrate Court 3 in Ogba, Lagos. After the withdrawal, the defendants were informed that fresh charges had already been filed before the Federal High Court.

Reacting to the development, Oluwasanmi claimed the prosecution was aimed at silencing the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights over petitions it submitted accusing Alpha-Beta of alleged forgery, tax evasion and other misconduct.

He alleged that despite petitions submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Lagos State Police Command and the Zone 2 Police Command, no meaningful investigation was carried out.

According to him, the EFCC informed the group that the alleged forgery did not involve financial loss, while the bribery allegation reportedly fell below the agency’s threshold for prosecution. He also claimed the anti-graft agencies failed to act on allegations of tax evasion.

Oluwasanmi further alleged that officials of the ICPC advised the group to direct its complaints to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, adding that repeated follow-up efforts yielded no response.

He accused law enforcement agencies of attempting to intimidate whistleblowers instead of investigating the allegations contained in the petitions.

The CDHR official also claimed Alpha-Beta sought to link him to an internal investigation involving 16 employees despite the fact that he had left the company in January 2025, several months before the incidents under investigation allegedly occurred.

According to Oluwasanmi, he had already been cleared by the police during an earlier investigation conducted on November 2, 2025, but was later re-invited, detained and subsequently charged after the petitions were submitted.

He further accused the police of harassing a woman in an attempt to trace his whereabouts, alleging that officers lured her to Lagos under false pretences before attempting to question her. He claimed the woman was assaulted after refusing to enter a police station.

According to the prosecution, the defendants allegedly conspired to commit cyberbullying contrary to Section 27(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024.

Prosecutors alleged that on May 26, 2025, the defendants used the email address concernedstaffd33@gmail.com to transmit a threatening message directed at Alpha-Beta’s Group Managing Director, Otunba Akinsanya Doherty, through the company’s website and other online platforms.

The charge also accused the defendants of publishing reports through SaharaReporters and other media organisations, including one alleging that Alpha-Beta paid a former employee ₦400,000 as gratuity after 20 years of service while allegedly awarding lucrative contracts to individuals loyal to the company’s management. Investigators classified the publication as cyberbullying under the Cybercrimes Act.

Another count alleged that the defendants circulated publications claiming the company’s Group Managing Director maintained an inappropriate relationship with Barrister Kemi Fawole and that company resources were allegedly used to fund hotel visits and gifts. Prosecutors also categorised those publications as acts of cyberbullying.

In the final count, the Federal Government alleged that the defendants created the anonymous Gmail account to conceal their identities while distributing the disputed messages concerning Alpha-Beta, its Group Managing Director, Barrister Kemi Fawole and members of the Doherty family.

The case is scheduled to come up before Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos on July 2.