March 1, 2023The missing statement of the former Accountant General of the Federation , Ahmed Idris, on Wednesday stalled his trial.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on October 27, 2022, re-arraigned Idris on 13 counts bordering on alleged misappropriation of the sum of N109 billion.
The former AGF was arraigned alongside Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited.The anti-graft agency alleged that between February and December 2021, Idris accepted from Akindele, a gratification of N15.1 billion, which was allegedly a motive for accelerating the payment of 13 percent derivation to the nine oil-producing states in the Federation, through the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
Daily Post reports that the statement dated July 5, 2022, could not be located by the EFCC in its own file, in the file of the High Court as well as that of the defence team. At Wednesday’s proceedings, EFCC through its counsel, Oluwaleke Atolagbe, had kick-started the trial within trial, following the denial by the ex-Accountant General that some of the statements he made to EFCC in respect of the N109 billion alleged fraud were made without his lawyers present.
After consultations, Justice Yusuf fixed May 11, 2023 for the continuation of the trial within a trial and stated that the adjournment was at the instance of the EFCC.
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