The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigned the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akon, and the Corps’ Director of Finance, Omolala Aminat Ahmed, before Justice H. B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, over alleged criminal misappropriation of funds.
The two officials were docked on a two-count charge bordering on the alleged diversion of funds allocated to the Corps for official projects.
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According to the charge sheet, the defendants were accused of conspiring in 2024 to commit an illegal act, specifically the criminal misappropriation of funds an offence punishable under Section 96 of the Penal Code Laws of the FCT.
Count two further alleged that the duo dishonestly converted ₦46 million out of the ₦60 million approved for the supply of badges for the Corps, diverting the funds for personal use.
Both Akon and Ahmed pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to them.
Following their plea, prosecution counsel Khalid Sanusi requested the court to fix a date for the commencement of trial.
Justice Yusuf subsequently adjourned the case 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.
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The sureties, the judge ruled, must be of reputable character and residents of Abuja.