ICPC Drags Former Customs CG, Dikko, to Court over N1bn Fraud Allegation
The former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Inde Dikko Abdullahi is being accused of over N1billion fraud allegation.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) which is raising this allegation has also concluded arrangements to prosecute the former CG who left office in 2015.
The case, according to customs sources is scheduled to come up in the Federal High Court Abuja on February 14, two days to the presidential election.
However, Dikko is said not to be alone as the former Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Finance, Administration and Technical Services (FATS), Garba Makarfi, is equally being accused of involvement.
A lawyer with law firm based in Abuja is also being listed as one of the defendants in the case.
This was contained in an affidavit dated January 25 and sworn to by a legal officer in ICPC, Mr Ephraim Otti at the Federal High Court Abuja following an investigations carried out on the issue.
The ICPC legal officer said the defendants were investigated for violating the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000; Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006, and Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act of 2011.
Specifically, the defendants were accused of urging Mr Yemi Obadeyi, Managing Director of Cambial Limited, to pay the sum of N1.1bn into the account of a law firm which is refundable on completion of over 100 units of duplexes which are residential houses for officers of the Customs Service.
The money was allegedly received in 2010.
According to ICPC investigation, the lawyer shared the money into some accounts, with . Makarfi allegedly receiving as much as three million dollars in 2010.
Dikko and Markafi could not be reached for their reaction as at the time of filing this report.
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