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Alleged N1.6bn loot: Ex- Accountant-General, co-defendant beg for more time to make refund

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July 10, 2024

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By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

Ex-acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, on Wednesday, pleaded with Justice James Omotoso of a Federal High Court, Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly looted by him and the co-defendant in the suit.

Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, are facing an 11-count money laundering charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Nwabuoku and Nweke, a former Deputy Director in the Ministry of Defence, are being prosecuted for money laundering offences to the tune of N1.6 billion.

The defendants were accused of committing to the act while Nwabuoku served as the Director of Finance and Accounts in the Ministry of Defence between 2019 and 2021.

While Nwabuoku is the first defendant, Nweke is the second defendant in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/240/24 dated May 20 and filed on May 27 by EFCC counsel, Ekele Iheanacho.

Nwabuoku was appointed acting AGoF on May 20, 2022, under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari after Ahmed Idris was suspended as AGF over alleged N80 billion fraud.

He was, however, removed in July 2022, a few weeks after assuming office.

When the matter was called on Wednesday, the defendants prayed the court to halt their arraignment until another date to perfect the refund.

The defendants were docked to take their plea.

Nweke’s lawyer, Emeka Onyeaka, informed the court that there was a new development in the case.

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JUST IN: Obasanjo is alive, hale, hearty not dead– Reports

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June 24, 2026

EMMANUEL AGAJI

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Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is alive, hale and hearty, according to reports.

This dispelled rumours in some quarters that the former President had died.

Nigerians and indeed the global community were thus enjoined to ignore the news of Obasanjo’s death.

It would be recalled that there had been news on the social media that the former President had passed on.

A terse statement jettisoning the rumour was captured thus, “The elder statesman is alive and actively engaged in various national and continental activities.
Ignore the death rumours”.

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Photos: Police Block Truck Conveying 47 Sacks Of Camouflage & Drugs In Lagos

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June 24, 2026

EMMANUEL AGAJI

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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, acting on credible intelligence, intercepted an unregistered MAN diesel truck at the exit point of Lagos State conveying forty-seven (47) sacks of military camouflage uniforms and eighty (80) cartons of drugs suspected to be illicit substances. Four suspects has been arrested and in Police custody

Preliminary investigation revealed that the military camouflage uniforms were allegedly being transported to the Eastern part of the country.

Investigation is ongoing to determine the source, ownership, and intended recipients of the recovered items, as well as the extent of the suspects’ involvement. Efforts are also ongoing to apprehend other persons connected with the criminal act.