Abdulfattah Ahmed Spends Two Nights in EFCC Custody
Former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed has spent his second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC).
Ahmed on Monday morning reported at the EFCC zonal office in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, and is yet to come out.
His former chief press secretary, Abdulwahab Oba on Tuesday expressed concern over the EFCC’s continued delay of the former governor.
According to him, EFCC has been changing the conditions to grant him bail, and denying access to him.
He also alleged that EFCC was denying the former governor access to his medical doctor and medication.
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He’s there. The interrogation continues. He’s spending the night, the source said.
He charged the EFCC to follow due process and be seen to be transparent in their handling of the case as the former Governor has never defaulted in all previous invitations extended to him by the commission.
A credible source in the anti-graft agency told one correspondent that Ahmed remained in custody as of Tuesday night.
Multiple sources in the EFCC told our correspondent that the anti-graft agency was conducting preliminary investigations into transactions amounting to N10bn, during the tenure of the ex-governor.
The funds, they said, were in connection with some projects executed in the state during Ahmed’s tenure.
It is a preliminary investigation, so it is too early to say that this is what happened to the money. Investigations are still ongoing, so it is when investigations have been concluded that one can say this is exactly what happened to the money. But for now, it is just a preliminary investigation, one of the sources told The PUNCH.
Ahmed was governor of Kwara State between 2011 and 2019.
In 2021, a team of EFCC operatives questioned Ahmed at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in the Jabi area of Abuja, concerning an alleged diversion of funds, amounting to N9bn, from the coffers of the Kwara State government.
