Nigeria’s suspended Accountant-General, Ahmed Idris, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Idris was arrested by the EFCC for his alleged involvement in a N174 billion fraud.
He was leased on bail from EFCC’s custody on Wednesday night in Abuja, the spokesman for the agency, Wilson Uwujarem, has confirmed.
“The suspended Accountant-General is out on bail. He was released last night,” Uwujaren told Punch newspaper.
Idris was first arrested on May 16, in connection with a series of frauds initially put at N84 billion, but subsequent revelations raised the total amount involved to N174 billion.
Reports said Idris in the course of his interrogation mentioned names, companies, and about N90 billion naira, which is currently being investigated.
That revelation led to the arrest of the former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, and the Chairman and Managing Director of Finex Professional, Anthony Yaro, by the anti-graft agency.
Three days after his arrest, Idris got suspended by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, his supervising minister, to enable an unfettered probe into the allegations against him.
