- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed.
- Ahmed was said to have been arrested by the anti-graft agency over alleged diversion of N9 billion by his administration.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered.
Sources disclosed that the former governor has been under interrogation for the past seven hours at the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
Ahmed was said to have been arrested by the anti-graft agency over alleged diversion of N9 billion by his administration.
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It was learnt that the former governor arrived the EFCC headquarters at about 10am on Monday, in response to the invitation extended to him by the agency.
“Ahmed has been in the interrogation room writing statements for the past seven hours in connection to the N9billion diverted from the coffers of Kwara state government during his tenure as governor of Kwara state between 2011 and 2019, and his time as commissioner for finance in the administration of Bukola Saraki, the former senate president,” a source revealed.
The arrest of Ahmed was further confirmed by the spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, noting that the former governor responded to the Commission’s invitation.
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