EFCC ‘Mistakenly’ Names Min Of Finance In 109b Fraud Charge Against Suspended AGF Ahmed Idris, Others

There was mild drama at the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday when the charge sheets were read before the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and the name of the permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Aliyu Ahmed, was listed in Count 11.

The EFCC arraigned Idris, Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Kudu Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited before the court.

They were charged on 14 counts of unlawful gratification, stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109, 485,572,691.9

However, when count 11 was read , the Registrar of the court said that Mohammed Kudus Usman while being a director in the AGF and Aliyu Ahmed, Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance , knowingly acquired a consultancy interest for their personal motive.

But EFCC lawyer, Rotimi Jacob expressed shock and prayed the court to expunge the phrase capturing the Ministry of Finance.