The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained Mr. Ahmed Idris, the serving Accountant General of the Federation, for money laundering and diversion of funds worth N80 billion.
According to the inquiry, intelligence revealed that the AGF made money by utilising proxies, family members, and close colleagues to conduct fraudulent consultancies and other unlawful operations.
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Real estate investments in Kano and Abuja are said to have been used to launder the proceeds.
Mr. Idris was claimed to have been arrested after he refused to reply to the EFCC’s invitations to discuss the fraudulent conduct.