Alleged Fraud: Ex-Air Chief Amosu’s Trial and Others’ Are Postponed

Adesola Amosu, who used to be the head of the air staff, and two other people are accused of stealing N21 billion from the government. The Federal High Court in Lagos has continued the hearing to June 7 in order to address this claim.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is pursuing Amosu for allegedly conspiring to divert money from the Nigerian Air Force to their own purposes. A former director of finance and budgeting and the previous chief of accounting and budgeting are also being prosecuted with him.

On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, the defendant and Amosu were arrested again because of a new 13-count indictment that allegedly involves laundering N21 billion.

Okechukwu Akube, the first witness for the prosecution, told the court on Wednesday how N2 billion was transferred from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to the NAF Special Emergency Account on September 15 and September 23, 2014.

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Akube continued his examination-in-chief and said that several transfers were made into Delfina Oil and Gas Limited, McAllan Oil and Gas Limited, and Trapezites BDC when the prosecution’s solicitor, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, asked him to explain his findings about where the money deposited in Exhibit A3, a statement of account of the NAF Special Emergency Account, ended up.

He continued by saying that Divention Construction Limited received additional payments from these three businesses.

When asked about his team’s involvement with the property on 40A Bourdillon Street in Ikoyi, Lagos, as well as the information gleaned from his inquiries, the witness said that “Divention Construction Limited was one of the recipients of the monies” after the money from NIMASA was received.

He claims that further investigations showed that the second defendant purchased 40A Bourdillon Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, with the funds included in exhibit A24 for his personal use.

In order to continue the trial, the case was postponed until June 7 and 8, 2023.