BREAKING: Accountant-General Of The Federation, Ahmed Idris, Arrested

According to PREMIUM TIMES, Nigeria’s Accountant-General, Ahmed Idris, has been arrested for alleged money laundering and misuse of state monies.

According to sources familiar with the situation, Mr Idris was apprehended in Kano by EFCC operatives on Monday evening and is being taken to Abuja, the country’s capital, for questioning.

According to our sources, the EFCC has been investigating a case of at least N80 billion in public funds being diverted through fake contracts for some time.

According to investigators, the firms utilized to launder the monies are tied to family members and acquaintances of the accountant-general.

Our sources further said after progress was made in the investigation, Mr Idris was summoned repeatedly for interrogation but he failed to honour the invitations.

“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 official confirmed the development but asked not to be named because he had no permission to discuss the matter with the media.

President Muhammed Buhari appointed Mr Idris accountant-general on June 25, 2015.

The position became vacant at the time after the former Accountant General, Jonah Otunla, left office on June 12, 2015.

President Buhari reappointed Mr Idris for a second four-year term in June 2019, amid criticisms from labour groups who said the accountant-general should retire after turning 60.

Mr Idris, a native of Kano State, North-west Nigeria, was born on November 25, 1960, and was until his appointment in 2015 the Director of Finance and Accounts, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.