Nigeria’s former chief of defence staff has appeared in court charged with siphoning off money meant for the fight against Boko Haram to buy a mansion and build a shopping mall.
Retired air chief marshal Alex Badeh is accused by the elite anti-corruption agency, the economic and financial crimes commission, of fraud, criminal breach of trust and money laundering in relation to 3.97 billion naira (£14 million).
He is one of clutch of former military and security chiefs who served under former president Goodluck Jonathan to be prosecuted for corruption by the administration of his successor, Muhammadu Buhari.
Badeh, 59, is accused of stealing public money when he was chief of air staff in 2013. The following year, he was appointed chief of defence staff by Jonathan amid growing dissatisfaction at the military's handling of Boko Haram's insurgency.
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