Okechukwu Akubue, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has narrated to a federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos, how top air force officials under Adesola Amosu, a former chief of air staff, allegedly conspired to divert N3 billion for their personal use.
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) was said to have deposited the money to the special emergency operations account of the Nigeria air force (NAF) domiciled in Zenith Bank.
The EFCC is prosecuting Amosu, alongside Jacobs Adigun, a former NAF chief of accounts and budget, and Owodunni Olugbenga, a former air commodore, on an amended 13-count charge for their alleged roles in the diverting N21 billion belonging to the NAF.
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A prosecution witness, Okechukwu Akubue, on Tuesday, told Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd) and others diverted the N3billion which the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, transferred to the Nigeria Air Force, NAF Special Emergency Operations Account domiciled in Zenith Bank, personal use under Amosu.
The EFCC had dragged Amosu, alongside Air Vice Marshall Jacobs Adigun, a former NAF Chief of Accounts and Budget, and Air Commodore Owodunni Olugbenga, a former NAF Director of Finance and Budget, to court for allegedly diverting N21billion belonging to the NAF.