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N80billion Fraud: Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Moves Accountant-General, Idris To Abuja, Invites Relatives

SaharaReporters had reported that the Accountant-General was arrested over an alleged N80billion fraud.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has relocated Ahmed Idris, the arrested Accountant-General of the Federation from Kano State to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
SaharaReporters had reported that the Accountant-General was arrested over an alleged N80billion fraud.

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Idris was arrested on Monday by operatives of the Kano Zonal Office of the EFCC for interrogation over the allegation.
Idris was moved on Tuesday to Abuja where he allegedly committed some financial infractions and the anti-graft agency had also invited some relations of Idris and consultants whose firms were believed to have been used for some curious transactions.
EFCC has been working on clues that some consultancy jobs were allegedly used by the AGF to launder the funds.
A source told The Nation that the “commission has moved the AGF from Kano to Abuja for interrogation. He is already cooperating with our detectives.
“So far, he is still in custody because EFCC has invited some of his relations and consultants who allegedly executed some questionable or non-existent contracts. The commission will brief the nation appropriately after our findings.”
The commission’s high profile haul continued yesterday with the arrest of a former House of Representatives Speaker, Mrs. Olubunmi Patricia-Etteh, over a N240million contract.