The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says
Ahmed Idris, the suspended accountant-general of the federation, will be
arraigned on Friday.
In May, Idris was arrested in Kano
after he failed to respond to invitations by the commission to answer questions
over the allegation of N80 billion fraud.
Two days later, Idris was suspended indefinitely “without
pay” by Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning.
According to a statement issued on Thursday by Wilson
Uwujaren, spokesman of the agency, Idris is expected to be arraigned alongside
“Godfrey Olusegun Akindele and Mohammed Kudu Usman”, while a firm — Gezawa
Commodity Market and Exchange Limited — is also listed in the charge.
The EFCC said Idris and his co-defendants are indicted on a
14-count charge of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109.5
billion.
According to one of the charges, the EFCC alleged that Idris
received gratification from one Olusegun Akindele, worth N15.1 billion, in
exchange for “accelerating the payment of 13% derivation to the nine
oil-producing states in the federation”.
“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 states 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,” the charge
sheet, according to the EFCC, reads in part.
“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 a 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.”
The agency also said Idris’ case will be heard before A.O.
Adeyemi Ajayi, justice of the federal high court in Abuja.
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