The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, December 11, 2025, brought 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 High Court, Abuja.
Both officials were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on the alleged criminal diversion of funds approved for the Corps.
According to a statement released by the EFCC on Friday, the first count states: “That you, Dickson Akon and Omolola Aminat Ahmed in the year 2024 at Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honorable 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.”
The second count reads: “That you, Dickson Akon and Omolola Aminat Ahmed in the year 2024 at Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court did agree among yourselves and dishonestly converted to your personal use the sum of N46,000,000.00 (Forty Six Million Naira only) out of the sum of N60,000,000.00 (Sixty Million Naira only) meant for the execution of contract for the supply of badges.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty to all counts after they were read in court.
Following their pleas, prosecution counsel Khalid Sanusi requested a date for trial to begin.
Justice Yusuf thereafter adjourned the case until February 25, 2026, and granted each defendant bail in the sum of ₦5 million, with one surety in the same amount.
The court specified that the sureties must be reputable individuals resident in Abuja.
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