An ex-Chief of Air Staff is presently battling with an alleged fraud to the tune of N9.7 billion. He is trying hard to clear his name of the fraud accusation.
Aproko247 gathered that the suspect, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar (rtd), was brought before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The military top brass was arraigned on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption.
He was said to have converted the United States Dollar equivalent of the aggregate sum of N4,846,630,000,00 (Four Billion, Eight Hundred and Fifty-Six Million, Six Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira) only from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reacted to a report by ThisDay newspaper on June 21, 2016, claiming Air Commodore Umar Muhammed (rtd) was arrested for alleged fraud. In a rejoinder, the EFCC said “no official of the agency that is directly or remotely connected with the work…
Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Adesola Amosu, has been reportedly apprehended by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The retired Air Force officer was also detained by the anti-graft agency over his alleged role in the arms procurement fraud. SaharaReporters reports that Amosu is…
