Peace Corps Commandant, Director Arraigned over Alleged ₦60m Contract Fund Misuse

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Directorate, yesterday arraigned the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akon, and the Corps’ Director of Finance, Omolola Aminat Ahmed, before Justice H. B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, over the alleged misappropriation of ₦60 million contract funds.

The two officials were docked on a two-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and misappropriation of funds allocated for the supply of badges to the Corps.

According to the EFCC, the defendants allegedly conspired in 2024 in Abuja to commit criminal misappropriation — an offence punishable under Section 96 of the Penal Code Laws of the FCT.

The first charge reads: “That you, Dickson Akon and Omolola Aminat Ahmed, in the year 2024 at Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did agree among yourselves to do an illegal act, to wit: criminal misappropriation and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 96 of the Penal Code Laws of the FCT.”

In the second count, the anti-graft agency alleged that the duo dishonestly converted ₦46 million out of the ₦60 million released for the execution of a contract for the supply of badges.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Following their plea, prosecution counsel Khalid Sanusi applied for a date to commence trial.

Justice Yusuf adjourned the matter till February 25, 2026, for trial and granted the defendants ₦5 million bail each, with one surety in like sum. The sureties, the judge ruled, must be reputable and resident within Abuja.

The case continues.