On Wednesday, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, a former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, pleaded for more time after failing to meet up with his promise of filing a no- case submission in his trial.
Nwabuoku is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a nine-count amended charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N868,465,000.
According to the EFCC: “A former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 failed to meet up with his promise of filing a no- case submission in his trial before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja and begged for more time.
“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Nwabuoku on a nine-count amended charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N868, 465,000 (Eight Hundred and Sixty-eight Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-five Thousand Naira).
“The defendant, who had at the last sitting of the court promised through his lawyer, Isadore Udenko to file a no- case submission at the sitting of Wednesday, July 16, 2025, had to ask the court for an extension of time to enable him put his acts together for the filling of the application.
“Justice Omotosho adjourned the matter till November 3, 2025 for hearing on the no -case submission.”
