A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered the remand of former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, and two others in prison custody until their bail applications are approved or rejected.
Justice J. O. Adeyemi-Ajayi made the order after Idris, Godfrey Olusegun Akindele and Mohammed Kudu Usman pleaded not guilty to two of the 14-count charge where they are accused of diverting about N109billion public funds.
The EFCC is alleging that Ahmed Idris, between February and December 2021 at Abuja, and as a public servant, also as the Accountant General of the Federation accepted from one Olusegun Akindele, “a gratification in the aggregate sum of N15,136,221,921.46 (Fifteen Billion, One Hundred and Thirty-Six Million, Two Hundred and Twenty One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty One Naira and Forty-Six Kobo) which sum was converted to the United States Dollars by the said Olusegun Akindele and which sum did not form part of your lawful remuneration but as a motive for accelerating the payment of 13% derivation to the nine (9) oil producing states in the Federation.
Count eight reads, “That you, Ahmed Idris while being the Accountant General of the Federation and Godfrey Olusegun Akindele while being the Technical Assistant to the Accountant General of the Federation between February and November 2021, at Abuja in the Abuja Judicial Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, in such capacity, entrusted with certain property, to wit: N84,390,000,000(Eighty-Four Billion, Three Hundred and Ninety Million Naira) committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property when you dishonestly received the said sum from the Federal Government of Nigeria through Godfrey Olusegun Akindele trading under the name and style of Olusegun Akindele & Co., and you thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990”.
Nigerian politicians and government officials are known for looting public funds. Several cases of diversion of public funds are still pending with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
One of the cardinal objectives of the Buhari government was a massive war against corruption.
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