EFCC to arraign Accountant-General, 3 others for alleged N109bn fraud Friday
by Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr
Ahmed Idris, the temporarily suspended Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), along with three other people will be charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Friday.
On May 16, the commission detained Idris for allegedly diverting more than N80 billion.
Using proxies, family members, and close colleagues, the EFCC charged the AGF of raking in the money through phoney consultancies and other criminal operations.
The anti-graft agency claims that the money was laundered through real estate deals in Kano and Abuja.
Godfrey Akindele, Mohammed Usman, and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited were mentioned as the three more defendants in a statement released by the EFCC’s Head of Media, Wilson Uwujaren, on Thursday in Abuja, which confirmed the most recent development.
Uwujaren said the quartet would be arraigned before Justice Adeyemi Ajayi on a 14-count charge of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109, 485,572,691.9.Uwujaren said the quartet would be arraigned before Justice Adeyemi Ajayi on a 14-count charge of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109, 485,572,691.9.
