Over N30bn Recovered From Suspended Accountant-General, Idris Ahmed - EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered over N30 billion from the alleged fraud committed by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation ( AGF) Idris Ahmed.

The Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made this known on Thursday during a press briefing organised by the presidential communications team at the presidential villa, Abuja.

It could be recalled how Idris was nabbed by operatives of the EFCC on May 16, 2022, in connection with a series of frauds that was initially thought to be N80 billion.

Three days after his arrest, Idris was suspended by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to enable him to face his probe.

In July, he was arraigned alongside Godfrey Olusegun Akindele and Mohammed Kudu Usman, as well as a firm — Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited.

The EFCC said Idris and his co-defendants are indicted on a 14-count charge of stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109.5 billion.

Speaking during the press briefing, Bawa said the commission is independent without anybody influencing its activities.

“EFCC is independent. Nobody is telling us what to do, what to investigate, how to investigate, how to recover or what not to recover.

“Give us intel. We have been asking people to give us intel and we will do it.

“The last major investigation that we did was that we arrested the AGF. Out of that fraudulent activities, EFCC has recovered over N30 billion and we are already prosecuting them.”