BREAKING: Finance Minister Suspends Accountant-general Over Alleged N80bn Fraud

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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, has suspended the embattled Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, from

office over his alleged involvement in N80billion fraud being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission .Idris was arrested on Monday by the operatives of the anti-graft agency over alleged diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80billion.

He was arrested after failing to honour invitations by the EFCC to respond to issues connected to the fraudulent acts.EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, had said the commission’s verified intelligence showed that the AGF raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates.

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Rement her 😊😊

Why the suspension ? If minsitry if finance was it's supervising ministry under who's watch such dangerous misappropriation were committed without notice and now suspending him does not show enough control in place to make him work effectively he saw the loophold and exploit it

Just wondering how the Accountant General can steal 80bn without the knowledge of the Finance Minister .. Naija 😂😂

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