Suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, will be arraigned in court on Friday (today), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The former AGF will appear before Justice A.O. Adeyemi Ajayi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, over alleged involvement in fraudulent practices.
In a statement on Thursday by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, Idris would be arraigned alongside Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market, and Exchange Limited, on a 14-count charge of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109, 485,572,691.9.
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Count one of the charge reads labeled against Ahmed Idris reads:
“That you, Ahmed Idris between February and December, 2021 at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, being a public servant by virtue of your position as the Accountant General of the Federation accepted from Olusegun Akindele, a gratification in the aggregate sum of N15,136,221,921.46 ( Fifteen Billion, One Hundred and Thirty Six Million, Two Hundred and Twenty One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty One Naira and Forty Six Kobo) which sum was converted to the United States Dollars by the said Olusegun Akindele and which sum did not form part of your lawful remuneration but as a motive for accelerating the payment of 13% derivation to the nine (9) oil producing Sates in the Federation, through the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 155 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 and punishable under the same section”.
Also, Count eight reads:
“That you, Ahmed Idris while being the Accountant General of the Federation and Godfrey Olusegun Akindele while being the Technical Assistant to the Accountant General of the Federation between February and November 2021, at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, in such capacity, entrusted with certain property, to wit: N84,390,000,000 (Eighty-Four Billion, Three Hundred and Ninety Million Naira) committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property when you dishonestly received the said sum from the Federal Government of Nigeria through Godfrey Olusegun Akindele trading under the name and style of Olusegun Akindele & Co., and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990”
Mr Ahmed Idris was arrested on May 16, 2022 over a connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80 billion.
An EFCC intelligence showed that Idris perpetrated the fraud through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities via proxies, family members and close associates.
The said funds were laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja.
He was arrested in Kano after failing to honour invitations from the anti-graft agency, to respond to issues connected to the fraudulent act.
