EFCC slams 10-count charge on Alex Badeh

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally filed a 10-count criminal charge ‎before a Federal High Court, Abuja, against the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh over allegations of diverting funds from accounts of the Nigerian Air Force and using them to buy choice properties in Abuja.

According to the EFCC, in the sixth count of the charges, Badeh, between January and December 2013, used N60million to renovate for his son, Alex Badeh Jnr, a duplex situate at No 19 Kumai Crescent, Wuse 11, Abuja.

The anti-graft agency, which disclosed that Badeh’s son is currently at large, also said that the former defence chief paid the sum of N878, 362, 732, 94‎ into the account of Rytebuilders Technologies Limited with Zenith Bank Plc, for the construction of a shopping mall located at Plot 1386, Oda Crescent, Cadastral Zone, A07, Wuse II, Abuja.

The EFCC further alleged that Badeh acquired other properties with funds he looted from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force. The properties, allegedly included a duplex at No. 14 Adzope Crescent, Off Kumasi Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, as well as, a semi-detached duplex at No 8A Embu Street, by Sigma Apartment, Wuse II, Abuja.