Former chief of air staff, Mohammed dikko umar acquitted of six out of seven fraud charges

Mohammed Dikko Umar, a former Chief of Air staff has been acquitted of six out of seven fraud charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Umar was first arraigned in 2016 afer the anti-graft agency accused him of being involved in money laundering and procurement fraud to the tune of about N9.7 billion, while he was in office between 2010 and 2012.

Justice Nnamdi Dimg alt='Former Chief of Air Staff, Mohammed Dikko Umar acquitted of six out of seven fraud charges ' class='img-responsive text-center' style='margin: auto;'ba of the federal high court in Abuja who presided over the case, struck out 6 of the charges on grounds of EFCC failing to establish a prima facie case that would warrant the accused person to open his defence.

Dimg alt='Former Chief of Air Staff, Mohammed Dikko Umar acquitted of six out of seven fraud charges ' class='img-responsive text-center' style='margin: auto;'ba held that the charges were based on speculation, suspicion and assumptions. He however stated that Umar has a case to answer on count seven wherein he was accused of transferring N66 million from the official bank account of the Nigerian air force (NAF) domiciled in Stanbic IBTC bank to his lawyer, for the renovation of his property in Asokoro, Abuja.

The Judge said “Asking the defendant to open his defence on them will be tantamount to asking the defendant to establish his innocence, or to prove a negative.

“This would amount again to a judicial displacement of the constitutional presumption of innocence which ensures to his benefit.

“Having reviewed the evidence adduced as relates to this count, I am of the view that there is a ground for proceeding with a defence in relation to it,” the judge said.

“There is evidence led, as shown in Exhibit AMD15, that indeed such a transfer of funds was done. And the transfer was done around March 2012 at a time when the defendant was in charge at the NAF as the chief of air staff."

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