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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has sentenced a former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, to seventy-two years’ imprisonment.
Nwabuoku was convicted by Justice James Omotosho on all nine counts contained in a money laundering charge on which he was prosecuted.
In a ruling on Monday, Justice Omotosho stated that the prosecuting body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), successfully proved the offences alleged in the charge beyond a reasonable doubt, as required by law.
Justice Omotosho, who declined to grant the defendant an option of fine, sentenced him to eight years on each count, which he said should run concurrently.
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The judge described as appalling Nwabuoku’s conduct of diverting funds meant for security and defence while he served as the Director of Finance and Accounts in the Ministry of Defence.
While commending the EFCC for being detailed in its prosecution, Justice Omotosho noted that the evidence of the ninth prosecution witness that Nwabuoku voluntarily refunded over N200 million during the investigation was not controverted by the defence.
Nwabuoku was prosecuted on a charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/240/2024, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N868 million.
Nwabuoku was alleged to have perpetrated the act while serving as the Director of Finance and Accounts in the Ministry of Defence between 2019 and 2021.
