Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Alleged N9.7bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Ex-Air Chief, Dikko’s Trial to Feb 28

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has adjourned the N9.7 billion fraud trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Umar Dikko, to Thursday, February 28, 2019. Dikko is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering and procurement fraud. He is alleged to have withdrawn N700 million from the account of the Nigeria Air Force, NAF, between September 2010 and 2012, which he used to purchase a house at No. 14 Vistula Close, off Panama Street in Maitama, Abuja. He is also alleged to have fraudule…