N1.6billion Fraud: Former Accountant-General Enters Plea Bargain With EFCC
Anamekwe Nwabuoku had begged the Federal High Court, Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly siphoned.
Anamekwe Nwabuoku, a former Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), has entered a plea bargain agreement with the Econimic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC over alleged N1.6billion fraud.
Anamekwe Nwabuoku had begged the Federal High Court, Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly siphoned.
Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, in the 11-count money laundering charge preferred against them by the EFCC, prayed Justice James Omotosho to halt their arraignment until another date to perfect the refund.
Nwabuoku and Nweke, a former Deputy Director in the Ministry of Defence, are being prosecuted for alleged money laundering offences to the tune of N1.6 billion.
While Nwabuoku is the 1st defendant in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/240/24 dated May 20 and filed May 27 by Ekele Iheanacho, Nweke is the 2nd defendant. They were alleged to have perpetrated the act while Nwabuoku served as the Director of Finance and Accounts in the Ministry of Defence between 2019 and 2021.
Nweke’s lawyer, Emeka Onyeaka, informed the court that there was a new development in the case. The lawyer said Nweke had made substantial refunds of the money traced to him by the anti-graft agency.
“The 2nd defendant has taken steps, as there is a communication to the commission via-a-vs the alleged offences on making refund.
“The commission is in receipt of the money and promised to communicate to us,” he said.
