By RismadarVoice Media,December 12, 2025
Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has 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 (FCT) High Court, Abuja.
The defendants were docked on a two-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation of funds allocated to the Corps.
Count One 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.”
Count Two 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, dishonestly converted to your personal use the sum of ₦46,000,000 (Forty-Six Million Naira) out of the sum of ₦60,000,000 (Sixty Million Naira) 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 pleas, prosecuting Counsel, Khalid Sanusi, requested a date for the commencement of the trial.
Justice Yusuf subsequently adjourned the matter to February 25, 2026, for trial and granted each of the defendants bail in the sum of ₦5 million with one surety in like sum.
The sureties, the court ruled, must be persons of reputable character and must reside within Abuja.
