Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N9.7bn Fraud: Court Adjourns AVM Dikko’s Trial to Oct 2

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Umar Dikko to October 2, 3 and 4, 2019 following the introduction of a new defence counsel, Onyeachi Ikpeazu, SAN. Dikko is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering and procurement fraud to the tune of N9.7 billion. A prosecution witness, Hammadama Bello, an investigator with the EFCC had on March 28, 2019 testified as to how a case of alleged money laundering was built against…