A federal high court in Abuja has scheduled April 13 for judgement in the alleged N868 million money laundering trial of Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, former acting accountant-general of the federation.
James Omotosho, the presiding judge, fixed the date on
Monday after Ekele Iheanacho, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), and Norrison Quakers, the defendant’s lawyer, adopted their
final written addresses.
Nwabuoku is standing trial on a nine-count amended charge of
laundering involving N868 million. He was granted bail of N500 million, with
two sureties in like sum.
In the charge sheet marked FHC/ABJ/CR/240/2024, the
anti-graft agency alleged that Nwabuoku conspired 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 the proceeds of unlawful activities.
The EFCC said the alleged offences contravene section 18 of
the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, as amended, and are punishable
under section 15(3) of the Act.
According to the commission, the alleged offences were
committed between 2019 and 2021, when Nwabuoku served as director of finance
and accounts at the ministry of defence.
He was appointed acting accountant-general of the federation
on May 20, 2022, by the late former president Muhammadu Buhari, following the
suspension of Ahmed Idris over an alleged N80 billion fraud.
However, Nwabuoku was removed from office in July 2022,
barely weeks after his appointment, amid reports that he was under EFCC
investigation.
The EFCC called nine witnesses before closing its case. On
November 13, 2025, Omotosho dismissed Nwabuoku’s no-case submission and ordered
him to enter his defence.
Nwabuoku opened his defence on February 2, 2026, denying the
allegations and insisting that he was not a signatory to some of the companies
allegedly linked to him.
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