Nigeria’s Accountant-General,Ahmed Idris,has been arrested over alleged money laundering and diversion of public funds.
Idris appointed on June 25, 2015. was reportedly intercepted in Kano by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday evening and has been flown to the agency ‘s headquarters in Abuja for interrogation.
Premium Times reported that the EFCC has for sometime now been investigating a case of diversion of at least N80 billion in public funds which was allegedly laundered through some bogus contracts.
The companies used in laundering the funds have allegedly been linked to family members and associates of the accountant-general, investigators said.
Efcc reportedly invited the Accountant-General for interrogation after progress was made but he was said to have shunned the summ9ns.
“We kept inviting him but he kept dodging us,” one of our sources said. “We were left with no choice than to keep him under watch and arrest him.”
The spokesperson for the EFCC could not be reached to comment for his story. One of his subordinates said he is travelling in the United Kingdom at this time.
However,a top EFCC who confirmed the development however pleaded anonymity
Idris replaced the former Accountant General, Jonah Otunla,who left office on June 12, 2015.
Idris, a native of Kano State, North-west Nigeria, was born on November 25, 1960 was reappointed for a second four-year term in June 2019, amid criticisms from labour groups who said the accountant-general should retire after turning 60.
He was until his appointment in 2015 the Director of Finance and Accounts, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development
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