By Our Correspondent
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Ahmed Idris, over an alleged N80 billion fraud.
Spokesman of the commiasion, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, revealed the arrest in a terse statement on Monday.
He said Idris was arrested after failing to honour the commission’s invitation to respond to issues connected to the said fraudulent act.
He said: “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 16, 2022, arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80 billion (Eighty billion Naira only).
“The commission’s verified intelligence showed that the AGF raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates.”
Uwujaren added that the funds were laundered via real estate investments in Kano and Abuja.
New Citizen reports that Idris, a financial accountant was appointes as Accountant General of the Federation in 2015 after Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, the then AGF, was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari over allegations that he misappropriated N2.5 billion of security agencies’ funds.
Prior to his appointment, Idris served as a director in the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel.
