• Chukwunyere
• Former Acting Accountant General
• Fraud

FORMER ACTING ACCOUNTANT GENERAL FACES TRIAL FOR ALLEGED N868 MILLION FRAUD

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  Nicolas Adekeye / 3 months
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The trial of Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, commenced on Friday, January 31, 2025, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Nwabuoku is facing a nine-count amended charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N868,465,000. Prosecution witnesses testified that Nwabuoku, as former Director of Finance and Accounts in the Federal Ministry of Defence, allegedly opened multiple bank accounts to divert the ministry’s funds. Eucharia Ezeobi, a Zenith Bank staff, revealed that she opened four companies’ accounts for contractors with the Ministry of Defence, and that most of the funds were withdrawn in cash, benefiting Nwabuoku significantly. Felix Nweke, Deputy Director of Accounts and Expenditure, testified that Nwabuoku instructed him to open the accounts and move funds from the Ministry’s Security Operation Account to the companies’ accounts. Nweke stated that the funds were usually withdrawn in cash and handed over to Nwabuoku. When questioned by the defence counsel, Nweke clarified that he only took instructions from Nwabuoku, who was his superior in the ministry’s chain of command. Justice Omotosho adjourned the matter until February 26, 2025, and March 5, 2025, for continuation of the trial. Nwabuoku was appointed by former President Buhari to oversee the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, pending the outcome of an investigation into financial impropriety allegations against Ahmed Idris, the former Accountant-General of the Federation.