The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akon, alongside the organisation’s Director of Finance, Omolola Aminat Ahmed, before an Abuja High Court over the alleged misappropriation of N60 million belonging to the Corps.
The two officials were brought before Justice H. B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Thursday, December 11, 2025, by the EFCC’s Abuja Zonal Directorate on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and dishonest conversion of funds.
According to the anti-graft agency, Akon and Ahmed conspired in 2024 to unlawfully divert funds allocated to the Peace Corps, an act said to violate Section 96 of the Penal Code Law of the FCT.
One of the charges 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.”
The second count alleges that the defendants dishonestly converted N46 million out of the N60 million approved for a contract to supply badges to the Corps.
Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read in court.
Following their plea, prosecution counsel, Khalid Sanusi, applied for a date to begin trial.
Justice Yusuf adjourned the matter to February 25, 2026, and granted each defendant bail in the sum of ₦5 million. The court further directed them to produce one surety each, who must be a reputable resident of Abuja.