BREAKING: Court Jails Ex-Acting Accountant-General for 72 Years Over N868m Fraud

• A former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has been sentenced to 72 years in prison over a massive ₦868.46 million fraud case prosecuted by the EFCC.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday secured the conviction of former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, who was sentenced to 72 years imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Abuja for money laundering offences involving ₦868.46 million.

The anti-graft agency disclosed that Nwabuoku was found guilty on multiple counts after being prosecuted on amended charges filed in January 2025.

Nwabuoku, who briefly held the position in May 2022 following the suspension of Ahmed Idris, was removed weeks later. During the trial, the EFCC revealed that he conspired with several companies to convert funds suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities, in violation of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended).

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The commission added that the offences included laundering about ₦86 million during his tenure as Director of Finance and Accounts at the Ministry of Defence between 2019 and 2021.

The prosecution presented nine witnesses, including a bank official and a senior civil servant, to establish the case that led to his conviction.