A High Court sitting of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday remanded an ex Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, and two others in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje, Abuja. Idris and his co-defendants are being prosecuted on a 14-count charge of alleged stealing and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N109 billion.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges following their arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Ajayi ordered that the trio should be kept in the Kuje Correctional Facility until the hearing of their bail applications scheduled for July 27, 2022.
The former AGF was arrested in May by the EFCC after he failed to honor the invitations of the Commission to answer questions over the alleged diversion of public funds to the tune of N80 billion.
He was suspended from office two days later by the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.