EFCC Arraigns Peace Corps Commandant, Finance Director Over Alleged N60m Misappropriation

T The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akon, and the organisation’s Director of Finance, Omolola Aminat Ahmed, over allegations of criminal misappropriation of funds totalling ?60 million.

The duo were brought before Justice H. B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, December 11, 2025, to face a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and dishonest conversion of public funds.

According to the EFCC, the defendants allegedly conspired in 2024 to misappropriate funds allocated to the Corps. Part of 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 alleges that the defendants dishonestly converted ?46 million out of ?60 million meant for the execution of a contract for the supply of badges.

Both defendants pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Following their pleas, prosecution counsel Khalid Sanusi requested a date for the commencement of trial. Justice Yusuf thereafter adjourned the matter to February 25, 2026.

The court granted the defendants bail in the sum of ?5 million each, with one surety in like sum. The sureties, the judge ruled, must be reputable individuals and residents of Abuja.