Reported by: Oahimire Omone Precious | Edited by: Gabriel Osa
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, December 11, 2025, arraigned the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akon, and the organisation’s Director of Finance, Omolola Aminat Ahmed, before Justice H. B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, on allegations of criminal misappropriation involving N60 million.
The two senior officials were brought to court by the EFCC’s Abuja Zonal Directorate and were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and dishonest conversion of funds earmarked for the Peace Corps.
According to the charge sheet, the alleged offences took place in 2024 within Abuja. The first count accuses Akon and Ahmed of entering into an illegal agreement to criminally misappropriate funds belonging to the Corps. The charge 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 details the alleged conversion of N46 million out of N60 million meant for the execution of a contract for the supply of official badges for 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 N46,000,000.00 (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.”
Both defendants, who appeared in court alongside their legal teams, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them. Their pleas prompted the EFCC’s counsel, Khalid Sanusi, to request a date for the commencement of full trial, noting that the prosecution was prepared to present witnesses and documents to prove its case.
Justice Yusuf, after listening to both sides, granted bail to the defendants in the sum of N5 million each with one surety in like sum. The judge ordered that the sureties must be persons of reputable character and must reside within Abuja to ensure easy verification and compliance with court directives.
The matter was thereafter adjourned to February 25, 2026, for trial.
The arraignment marks the latest in EFCC’s ongoing efforts to investigate and prosecute alleged financial misconduct within ministries, departments, agencies, and quasi-governmental organisations across the country.
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