EFCC Arrests Accountant General Of The Federation, AGF Over Alleged N80b Fraud

The Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF Ahmed Idris has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged money laundering and diversion of public funds.

Mr Idris according to sources was intercepted in Kano by operatives of EFCC on Monday evening and was being flown to Abuja, for interrogation.

According to a report monitored on AIT by GWGNG the EFCC had been investigating a case of diversion of at least N80 billion in public funds which was allegedly laundered through some bogus contracts allegedly with the connivances of the AGF.

The companies allegedly used in laundering the funds were reportedly linked to family members and associates of the accountant-general, according to preliminary investigation.

It was gathered that the EFCC had to take the decision to intercept the AGF in Kano when he failed repeated invitations by the EFCC to give his side of the story concerning the issues that were raised against him in the course of its preliminary investigations by the operatives.

The news of the arrest of the AGF by the EFCC came as the Adegboyega Oyetola Campaign Council has described as absurd, unthinkable and totally unacceptable the boast by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke that he had acquired enough money in hard currencies to buy Osun and its people for the July 16 Governorship contest.

In a statement signed by its Director-General, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, the Campaign Council declared that Osun was not for sale to the highest bidder, just as it noted that on daily basis, the PDP candidate is proving to the Osun electorate that he had nothing to offer.

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