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May 19, 2022 Federal Government Suspends Accountant-General Of The Federation Indefinitely Over 80 Billion Naira Fraud

Federal Government Suspends Accountant-General Of The Federation Indefinitely Over 80 Billion Naira Fraud

The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, who has been suspended indefinitely.

Idris was suspended today by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.

His suspension followed his indictment for fraud worth 80 billion naira by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren, had confirmed Idris’s arrest on Monday.

The anti-graft agency stated that Idris allegedly diverted funds and laundered 80 billion naira.

 

May 19, 2022 EFCC Arrests Former Speaker Etteh Over 240m Naira NDDC Contract

EFCC Arrests Former Speaker Etteh Over 240m Naira NDDC Contract

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, over a shady contract worth N240m awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission.

According to reports, it was learnt that Etteh was at the Abuja office of the EFCC on Tuesday and had yet to be released as of 9pm.

The former speaker was said to have received N130m through her personal account from Phil Jin Project Limited, a firm which was awarded a N240m contract by the NDDC in 2011.

Officials of the EFCC told newsmen that Etteh had been unable to explain why the firm transferred N130m to her out of the money as she was neither a director nor a contractor in the company.

May 17, 2022 Police Commission Promotes Former EFCC Boss, Ibrahim Magu To AIG Just Before Retirement

Police Commission Promotes Former EFCC Boss, Ibrahim Magu To AIG Just Before Retirement

The suspended former Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police.

The spokesperson of the Police Service Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, Announced the development on Monday.

The development comes amid Magu’s expected retirement from the Nigeria Police Force, having clocked the mandatory retirement age of 60 on the 5th of May.

Magu was promoted alongside some senior officers at the 15th Plenary Meeting of the commission.

Ani said the commission also approved the promotion of 23 Deputy Commissioners to the next rank of Commissioners of Police; 31 Assistant Commissioners to Deputy Commissioners of Police and 63 Chief Superintendents of Police promoted to Assistant Commissioners of Police.

 

 

May 17, 2022 EFCC Arrests Accountant General of The Federation, Ahmed Idris Over Eighty Billion Naira Fraud

EFCC Arrests Accountant General of The Federation, Ahmed Idris Over Eighty Billion Naira Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris over alleged diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of eighty billion naira.

According to the commission, intelligence showed that Idris raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates.

The funds were reportedly laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja.

Idris was said to have been arrested in Kano after failing to honor invitations by the EFCC to respond to issues connected to the fraudulent acts.

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