The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akon, and the Corps’ Director of Finance, Omolola Aminat Ahmed, over the alleged criminal misappropriation of N60 million.
The duo were brought before Justice H. B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, by the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the anti-graft agency.
According to the EFCC, the defendants were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and misappropriation of funds intended for the Peace Corps.
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.”
In another count, the EFCC accused the defendants of dishonestly converting part of the funds meant for an official contract.
The charge states: “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 and dishonestly converted to your personal use the sum of N46,000,000 (Forty-Six Million Naira only) out of the sum of N60,000,000 (Sixty Million Naira only) meant for the execution of a contract for the supply of badges.”
The two defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to all the allegations when the charges were read to them.
Following their plea, prosecution counsel Khalid Sanusi asked the court to fix a date for the commencement of trial.
Justice Yusuf thereafter adjourned the matter to February 25, 2026, for hearing.
The court also granted the defendants bail in the sum of N5 million each, with one surety in like sum. The judge ruled that the sureties “must be of reputable character and must be resident in Abuja.”
