The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrosheed Bawa, on Thursday, December, 15, 2021, revealed in Abuja that the Commission has, so far, recovered over N30 billion from the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris.
Idris was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari after the EFCC arrested at the Kano Airport as he waited to board a flight to Abuja over alleged corruption and embezzlement of funds which run into over N100bn.
The EFCC is currently prosecuting the disgraced AGF over the alleged N109 billion fraud.
The Commission alleged that between February and December 2021, Idris accepted from Olusegun Akindele, a gratification of N15.1 billion, in a bid to accelerating the payment of 13 per cent derivation to the nine oil-producing states in the country, through the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.
The anti-graft agency, also, alleged that N84.3 billion from the Federal Government’s account was converted by the suspended AGF and Akindele between February and November 2021.
The EFCC said the offence contravenes sections 155 and 315 of the Penal Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990.
The EFCC Chairman spoke at a media briefing as part of the highlights of the activities of the anti-graft agency for the year 2022 where he further
disclosed that the Commission made efforts to recover some of the stolen funds.
Speaking on the achievements of the EFCC from January to December 2022, Bawa gave other recoveries to include N134,33,759,574.25, $121,769,076.30, £21,020.00, €156,925.00, and ¥21,350.00, CFA300,000.00, among others.
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