{"id":94953,"date":"2022-05-17T04:14:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T03:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94953"},"modified":"2022-05-17T04:14:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T03:14:02","slug":"efcc-arrests-ahmed-idris-accountant-general-of-the-federation-for-n80billion-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/efcc-arrests-ahmed-idris-accountant-general-of-the-federation-for-n80billion-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Arrests\u00a0 Ahmed Idris,\u00a0 Accountant General of the Federation for N80billion Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1733016344811389452\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris in connection with\u00a0 diversion of funds and money laundering\u00a0 activities to the tune of N80billion (Eighty Billion Naira only).<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 According to the EFCC&#8217;s Head,\u00a0 Media &amp; Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement, Monday said, &#8220;The Commission\u2019s verified intelligence showed that the AGF\u00a0 raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The funds were laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Mr. Idris was arrested after failing to honour invitations by the EFCC to respond to issues connected to the fraudulent acts.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris in connection with\u00a0 diversion of funds and money laundering\u00a0 activities&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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