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The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)-Arrest The Accountant General Of The Federation, Ahmed Idris

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested the Accountant general of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80bn.

The Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Monday titled, ‘EFCC arrests Ahmed Idris, Accountant General of the Federation, for N80bn Fraud’, that is about $200m (£162m) of public funds.

The commission said Mr Idris had used family members and close associates to defraud the government and invest the proceeds in real estate in Nigeria.

EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said Idris was arrested after failing to honour the Commission’s invitations.

“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 said in a statement.

“The funds were laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja.”

There has been no comment so far from Mr Idris. 

Corruption has been a major drawback for the country, Nigeria has struggled with corruption for many years.


Comments

  1. Anonymous17 May 2022 at 10:30

    20 billion whattttt? ASUU should be settled immediately so that our students in Federal universities can return to their study without further discussion.

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  2. Anonymous21 May 2022 at 00:10

    This shows that ASUU could have been paid 4times over

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  3. Miss Pretty22 May 2022 at 05:38

    Another one hits the corruption dust 😯

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