N109.4bn fraud: EFCC arraigns sacked Accountant General, Idris, three others today
…To be docked for 14 count charge over stealing, criminal breach of trust
By Moses Adeniyi
Sacked Accountant General of the Federation (AcGF), Ahmed Idris, would be arraigned before Justice A.O. Adeyemi Ajayi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, today, Friday, over an alleged N109.4 billion fraud.
Recall Idris was on May 08, 2022, suspended by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, following his arrest in Kano on the 6th May, 2022, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N80 billion fraud.
Bringing him to justice, the EFCC will arraign Idris before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, on 14 count charge.
A statement signed by the Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, revealed the suspect would be arraigned alongside three others: 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 N109.4 billion.
Count one of the charge 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 N15.1 billion 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 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.”
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 billion 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.”
“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.
