Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja, spent almost N1.5 billion in violation of financial regulations between January 2019 and December 2020, the latest audit report of the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (OAuGF) has shown.

The 2020 report, released in December 2023, demands explanations from the Chief Registrar of the court, Hadiza Dodo.

Although the infractions preceded Ms Dodo's appointment to the office of the Chief Registrar in November 2021, the current occupier of the office was directed in the report to recover and return the funds to the national treasury.

Husseini Baba-Yusuf, the court's chief judge, appointed Ms Dodo as the accounting officer of the court following the el...