The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday disclosed that a former acting accountant-general of the federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has been convicted and sentenced to 72 years imprisonment for fraud involving N868.46 million.
The EFCC revealed this in a post on its X handle, noting that Nwabuoku was prosecuted before the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges bordering on money laundering.
“The former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, who was prosecuted by the EFCC at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for money laundering involving N868.46 million, has been convicted and sentenced to jail for 72 years,” the statement read.
Nwabuoku was named acting accountant-general of the Federation in May 2022, following Ahmed Idris’ suspension for an alleged N800 million fraud, but was removed a few weeks later.
On January 15, 2025, the EFCC arraigned him on nine revised counts of money laundering.
The court then granted him bail in the amount of N500 million, with two sureties in the same sum.
In the first count, the anti-graft agency claimed that Nwabuoku conspired with several companies, including Temero Synergy Concept Limited, Turge Global Investment Limited, Laptev Bridge Limited, and Arafura Transnational Afro Limited, to convert funds suspected of being the proceeds of illegal activities.
The alleged offense violated Section 18 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act of 2011 (as modified) and is punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.
The commission further stated that the charges involved the alleged laundering of around N86 million when he was director of finance and accounts at the Ministry of Defense from 2019 to 2021.
According to the EFCC, the prosecution called nine witnesses throughout the trial, including Eucharia Ezeodi, a Zenith Bank employee, and Felix Nweke, a director in the federal civil service.
