The Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, has been suspended over alleged N80 billion money laundering.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, suspended the AGF on Wednesday.
This is coming barely 24 hours after the arrest of Mr Idris by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Kano.
The minister has directed that Idris should proceed on indefinite suspension pending the outcome of the investigation
The anti-graft agency arrested Idris following verified intelligence that he allegedly “raked off the funds through bogus consultancies and other illegal activities using proxies, family members and close associates.”
