The planned arraignment of re-arrested National Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Dickson Akoh and others before an Abuja Federal High Court was stalled yesterday due to the non-assignment of date.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole yesterday announced through the court registrar that a date for the case will be communicated to the parties.
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation had on March 15 filed a 90-count criminal charge against the Commandant of the Peace Corps and the Incorporated Trustees of Peace Corps of Nigeria (ITPCN).
The prosecution alleged that the defendants while operating as a non-profit making organization unlawfully engaged in the business of providing security services under a recruitment scheme which involved quasi-military training without approval.
Dickson Akor was alleged to have obtained huge sums of money by false pretence and laundered proceeds of extortion from unsuspecting citizens of Nigeria moving same from the ITPCN account to his personal account.
The planned arraignment followed the raid on the organisation’s headquarters in Abuja and the arrest of Akoh and 49 others by a combined team of Police and DSS operatives.
The Peace Corps had sued the Police, AGF, and DSS demanding N2 billion in damages before Justice Kolawole.
The court had summoned the federal agencies to show cause why they would not b restrained from further arrest of members of the corps and to unseal their offices nationwide.
