The immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, is presently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to sources at the anti-graft agency, the former Governor is currently being grilled by a crack team of operatives at the headquarters of the EFCC in Jabi Abuja over alleged diversion of N9 billion by his administration. Ahmed was said to have arrived at the EFCC headquarters about 10 am on Monday, in response to the invitation extended to him by the agency.
A reliable source said, “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.”
The commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that the former governor responded to the Commission’s invitation but declined further comment.