The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of businesswoman Aisha Achimugu over alleged N8billion oil block transactions.
She is also to account for how she came about 136 personal and corporate bank accounts,l.
According to a top source in EFCC, Mrs. Achimugu was arrested upon returning from London through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Her arrest was barely 24 hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice I.E. Ekwo, ordered her to appear before the EFCC on Tuesday and before the court on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Achimugu was declared wanted by the EFCC in March 2025 on allegations of criminal conspiracy and money laundering.
In an affidavit by an EFCC investigator, Mr. Chris Odofin, Achimugu was under investigation for alleged conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, money laundering, corruption, and possession of property reasonably suspected to have been acquired through unlawful means
The affidavit also showed the applicant operates a total of one hundred and thirty-six (136) bank accounts across ten different banks both in her personal and corporate names.
