Peace Corps Commandant, Finance Director Land In Court Over Alleged N60m Fraud
The National Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akoh has been charged to court the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N60 million fraud.
Akoh was charged alongside the Director of Finance of the Corps, Omolala Aminat Ahmed, before Justice H. B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Abuja.
It was reported that the organization’s boss has for some years, been championing youth engagement in meaningful enterprise of securing schools across the country.
In the course of the organization’s demand, Akoh has consistently demanded legal back for Peace Corps, where he urged the National Assembly to pass a bill back the its establishment.
However, the EFCC, in a statement issued a Friday mornin said they were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation of funds allocated to the Corps.
The anti-graft agency said Akoh and Ahmed, who were arraigned in Court by its Abuja Zonal Directorate, but pleaded “not guilty” to all the charges.
Charge one read: “That you, Dickson Akon and Omolola Aminat Ahmed in the year 2024 at Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honorable 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.”
Count two read: “That you, Dickson Akon and Omolola Aminat Ahmed in the year 2024 at Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court did agree among yourselves and dishonestly converted to your personal use the sum of N46,000,000.00 (Forty Six Million Naira only) out of the sum of N60.000.000.00, (Sixty Million Naira, only) meant for the execution of contract for the supply of badges.
The statement signed by the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, further read, “In view of their pleas, prosecution counsel, Khalid Sanusi, asked the court for a date for the commencement of the trial.
“Justice Yusuf adjourned the matter till February 25, 2026, and granted the defendants bail in the sum of ₦5 million (Five Million Naira only) with one surety each in like sum. The sureties must be of a reputable character and must be resident in Abuja.”
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