The former AGF was arrested on May 16 over alleged diversion and laundering of N109 billion.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), will today, Friday, July 22, 2022, arraign the former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Head of the agency’s Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, on Thursday, in Abuja.
Uwujaren said the former AGF and the three others would be arraigned before Justice Adeyemi Ajayi of an FCT High Court.
He said the three others to be docked alongside the AGF over N109 billion fraud were Godfrey Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited.
Uwujaren disclosed that the suspects will be arraigned on a 14 count charge of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109, 485,572,691.9.
The former AGF was arrested on May 16 over alleged diversion and laundering of N109 billion.
According to the EFCC, verified intelligence reports showed that Idris siphoned the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates.
It added that the funds were laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja.
The anti-graft body added that Idris was arrested after he failed to honour invitations by the commission to respond to issues connected to the alleged fraudulent acts.
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