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Alleged N1.6bn Fraud: Ex-AGF, EFCC Enter Plea Bargain Agreement

Former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), has reached a plea bargain agreement with the EFCC

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October 15, 2024
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  • The anti-graft agency had preferred 11-count money laundering charge against the duo

Anamekwe Nwabuoku, the former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), has reached a plea bargain agreement with the EFCC over the alleged N1.6 billion fraud.

On Monday, the EFCC’s Counsel, Ogechi Ujam, informed Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court in Abuja that the hearing had resumed.

When the matter was called, Ujam told the court that on the last adjourned date, Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, had submitted proposal for settlement.

She said the parties in the charge had agreed and that the agreement had been submitted to the EFCC’s Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, for approval.

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“So we are asking for a date to filed our plea bargain  agreement and amended charge,” the lawyer said.

Nwabuoku’s lawyer, Isidal Udenko, and Emeka Onyeaka, who represented Nweke, also admitted opting for a plea bargain.

Justice Omotosho subsequently adjourned the matter until Dec. 2 for for adoption of plea bargain agreement.

The News Agency Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the anti-graft agency had preferred 11-count money laundering charge against the duo.

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.

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