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The embattled Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris has been suspended indefinitely over financial misappropriation.
Idris was suspended by the Minister of Finance, budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday.
His suspension followed his indictment for fraud worth N80 billion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Pointblanknews.com reports that the Accountant-General was arrested and being interrogated for a missing 80 Billion naira.
EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren, had confirmed Idris’s arrest on Monday.
Findings show that EFCC picked him up after they had sent him invitations but refused to honour them
The anti-graft agency stated that Idris allegedly diverted funds and laundered N80billion.