Alex Badeh, former Chief of Air Staff, has been accused of diverting the sum of $900,000 from the Nigerian Air Force into his personal account, between January and December 2013.
An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abubakar Madaki, made the disclosure while testifying as the 18th prosecution witness at an Abuja Federal High Court.
Madaki disclosed that his team, which was investigating the alleged diversion of funds by the ex-Chief of Staff, “discovered that the first defendant (Badeh) and his wife had earlier incorporated a company Iyalikam Nigeria Limited” in whose accounts they allegedly diverted NAF’s funds.
The EFCC investigator also informed the court that the sum of N558.2m was being removed from NAF’s account and set aside for Badeh on a monthly basis.
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