The defendants urged the judge to halt their arraignment until another date to perfect the refund under an agreement with the EFCC.
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When the matter was called, Ms Ujam told the court that Mr Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, submitted a proposal for settlement at the previous proceedings. Nwabuoku’s lawyer, Isidal Udenko, and Emeka Onyeaka, who represented Nweke, also admitted opting for a plea bargain. Messrs Nwabuoku and Nweke, a former Deputy Director in the Ministry of Defence, are being prosecuted for alleged money laundering offences to the tune of N1.6 billion.They were alleged to have perpetrated the act while Mr Nwabuoku served as the Director of Finance and Accounts in the Ministry of Defence between 2019 and 2021.
NAN reported on 10 July that the ex-AGF and his co-defendants begged the court to give them more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly siphoned.His appointment followed the suspension of the then Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, to face trial for N109 billion fraud. Mr Idris is facing a trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja.Sylva Okolieaboh, a Director at the Treasury Single Account Department, replaced Mr Nwabuoku as acting accountant-general.
The money was alleged to have been paid into the Zenith Bank account of Temeeo Synergy Concept Limited with account numThe offence, the EFCC said, is contrary to section 15 and punishable under Section 15 of the Money Laundering Act, 2011 .
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