A federal high court in Abuja has sentenced Anamekwe Nwabuoku, former acting accountant-general of the federation, to 72 years imprisonment for money laundering.
Delivering judgment on Monday, James Omotosho, presiding
judge, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had proved
its case against Nwabuoku.
Nwabuoku was arraigned on a nine-count amended charge
bordering on money laundering and fraud to the tune of N868.4 million.
He was granted bail in the sum of N500 million with two
sureties in like sum.
In the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/240/2024, the anti-graft
agency accused Nwabuoku of conspiring with several companies, including Temeeo
Synergy Concept Limited, Turge Global Investment Limited, Laptev Bridge
Limited, and Arafura Transnational Afro Limited, to convert funds suspected to
be proceeds of unlawful activities.
The alleged offence, according to the EFCC, contravenes
section 18 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended by Act
No. 1 of 2012), and is punishable under section 15(3) of the Act.
The commission said Nwabuoku committed the offences while
serving as the director of finance and accounts in the ministry of defence
between 2019 and 2021.
The former acting accountant general had filed a no-case
submission which was dismissed by the court in November 2025.
Nwabuoku was appointed acting accountant-general of the
federation on May 20, 2022, by the then President Muhammadu Buhari, following
the suspension of Ahmed Idris over alleged N80 billion fraud.
But Nwabuoku was removed from the position in July 2022,
barely weeks after assuming office, following reports that he was under EFCC
investigation.
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