The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it
has recovered over N30 billion from the alleged fraud committed by Ahmed Idris,
suspended accountant-general of the federation (AGF).
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC chairperson, made this known on
Thursday during a press briefing organised by the presidential communications
team at the presidential villa, Abuja.
BACKGROUND
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.
Some days later, Idris was suspended indefinitely “without
pay” by Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning.
In July, he was arraigned alongside Godfrey Olusegun
Akindele and Mohammed Kudu Usman, as well as a firm — Gezawa Commodity Market
and Exchange Limited.
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.
‘EFCC IS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY’
Speaking during the press briefing, Bawa said the commission
is independent without anybody influencing its activities.
“EFCC is independent. Nobody is telling us what to do, what
to investigate, how to investigate, how to recover or what not to recover.
“Give us intel. We have been asking people to give us intel
and we will do it.
“The last major
investigation that we did was that we arrested the AGF. Out of that fraudulent
activities, EFCC has recovered over N30 billion and we are already prosecuting
them.”
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