A federal high court in Abuja has fixed April 13 for judgment in the alleged N868 million money laundering case involving Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, former acting accountant-general of the federation.
James Omotosho, the presiding judge, scheduled the date on Monday after Ekele Iheanacho, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Norrison Quakers, the defence lawyer, adopted their final written addresses.
Nwabuoku is facing a nine-count amended charge bordering on the alleged laundering of N868 million. He was granted bail in the sum of N500 million, with two sureties in like amount.
According to the charge sheet marked FHC/ABJ/CR/240/2024, the anti-graft agency accused Nwabuoku of conspiring with several firms — including Temeeo Synergy Concept Limited, Turge Global Investment Limited, Laptev Bridge Limited, and Arafura Transnational Afro Limited — to convert funds suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
The EFCC said the alleged offences violate section 18 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and are punishable under section 15(3) of the Act.
The commission added that the alleged offences took place between 2019 and 2021, during Nwabuoku’s tenure as director of finance and accounts at the ministry of defence.
He was appointed acting accountant-general of the federation on May 20, 2022, by the late former president Muhammadu Buhari following the suspension of Ahmed Idris over an alleged N80 billion fraud.
However, Nwabuoku was removed from office in July 2022, just weeks after his appointment, amid reports that he was being investigated by the EFCC.
The anti-graft agency presented nine witnesses before closing its case. On November 13, 2025, Omotosho dismissed Nwabuoku’s no-case submission and directed him to open his defence.
Nwabuoku commenced his defence on February 2, 2026, denying the allegations and maintaining that he was not a signatory to some of the companies allegedly linked to him.