- Safiu Kehnde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has, on Monday, arraigned former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, alongside four others before the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, over alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud.
This was disclosed in a post on the anti-graft agency’s official X handle.
According to the post, Kuru appeared before Justice Mojisola Dada alongside current Managing Director of Arik Air, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, Receiver Manager of Arik Air. Kamilu Omokide, as well as Union Bank Plc and Super Bravo Limited.
They were arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on alleged theft of properties belonging to Arik Air and abuse of office.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to them at the ongoing hearing.
“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, January 20, 2025 arraigned a former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, current Managing Director of Arik Air, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, and Receiver Manager of Arik Air. Kamilu Omokide, alongside Union Bank Plc and Super Bravo Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos on a six-count charge bordering on alleged theft of properties belonging to Arik Air and abuse of office. They pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them” EFCC wrote.
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