EFCC arrests Nigeria’s Accountant General, Ahmed Idris

<p><strong>The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Economic and Financial Crimes Commission &lpar;EFCC&rpar;<&sol;a> has arrested Nigeria’s Accountant General of the Federation&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Ahmed Idris<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>EFCC Head of Media&comma; Wilson Uwujaren announced this in a statement on Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The spokesman said EFCC operatives took Idris into custody for alleged massive fraud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The top official is accused of diversion of funds and money laundering to the tune of N80billion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Uwujaren noted that the commission acted on verified intelligence against Idris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is said to have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies&comma; family members and close associates”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The funds were laundered through real estate investments in Kano and Abuja&comma; the EFCC added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Idris was nabbed after failing to honour invitations to respond to issues connected to the alleged fraudulent acts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;