EFCC Arraigns Nigeria Peace Corps Commandant, Finance Director Over Alleged ₦46m Misappropriation
EFCC Arraigns Nigeria Peace Corps Commandant, Finance Director Over Alleged ₦46m Misappropriation
EFCC Arraigns Nigeria Peace Corps Commandant, Finance Director Over Alleged ₦46m Misappropriation
The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) December, 2025, arraigned the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akon, and the Corps’ Director of Finance, Omolola Aminat Ahmed, before Justice H.B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja.
The duo was docked on a two-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation of funds allocated to the organisation.
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One of the charges reads:
“That you, Dickson Akon and Omolola Aminat Ahmed, in the year 2024 at Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did agree among yourselves to do an illegal act, to wit: criminal misappropriation, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 96 of the Penal Code Laws of the FCT.”
The second count alleges that the defendants dishonestly converted ₦46 million out of the ₦60 million meant for the execution of a contract for the supply of badges.
Both defendants pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them.
Following their plea, prosecution counsel Khalid Sanusi requested a date for the commencement of trial.
Justice Yusuf subsequently adjourned the case to February 25, 2026, and granted each defendant bail in the sum of ₦5 million, with one surety each in like sum. The sureties must be reputable individuals and residents of Abuja.
EFCC Arraigns Nigeria Peace Corps Commandant, Finance Director Over Alleged ₦46m Misappropriation
