The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arraigned Mr Dickson Akoh, the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps and the organisation’s Director of Finance, Omolola Aminat Ahmed, over alleged criminal misappropriation of N60 million belonging to the organisation.
The duo was arraigned at the FCT High Court, Abuja, presided by Justice H. B. Yusuf, on two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and dishonest conversion of funds allocated to the Corps.
According to the EFCC, the defendants conspired in 2024 to commit criminal misappropriation, an offence said to contravene Section 96 of the Penal Code Law of the FCT.
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 accuses the defendants of dishonestly converting N46 million out of N60 million earmarked for a contract to supply badges to the Corps.
It 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 out of the sum of N60,000,000 meant for the execution of contract for the supply of badges.”
However, 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 their trial.
Justice Yusuf subsequently adjourned proceedings to February 25, 2026, and admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of ₦5 million each.
The court also ordered each of the defendants to produce one surety of reputable character residing in Abuja.
