Ahead of his trial, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled a former Kwara Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed over an alleged diversion of over N10billion.
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The anti-graft commission will soon arraign Ahmed before the Federal High Court in Ilorin.
There were indications that Ahmed was detained by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC.
However, it was learnt that the EFCC conceded to Ahmed’s request to report voluntarily to Ilorin office instead of effecting his arrest.
According to a source in the anti-graft agency, the former Governor was grilled by a crack team of operatives.
The source said: “The ex-Governor was questioned on the diversion and mismanagement of N10billion funds of the Kwara State Government during his tenure as governor of Kwara State between 2011 and 2019.
“It is about alleged diversion, misappropriation of funds and money laundering. We have been on this investigation since 2019.
“We reached out to the ex-governor and we asked him to report to Ilorin Office because of jurisdiction. That was where he allegedly committed the offenses against him. The ex-Governor voluntarily reported to the EFCC’s office in Ilorin. There was no basis for arresting him.
Responding to a question, the source said: “We are trying to tidy up the investigation ahead of the arraignment of the ex-governor before the Federal High Court in Ilorin.
“We want to avert recourse to frivolous applications on jurisdiction which may drag for some years. We will put the ex-governor on trial in Kwara State.”
The source said: “We have detained the former governor to enable him to respond to some issues.”
It was the third time Ahmed will be interrogated by the EFCC following his earlier invitation on December 8, 2020 by the Ilorin Zonal office of EFCC.
As of press time, there was no formal statement on the interrogation of the former Governor.
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