Immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has landed in the net of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and is currently being grilled by the anti-graft agency’s operatives.
It was gathered that Ahmed has been undergoing interrogation in the past seven hours at the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, for allegedly diverting N9 billion during his tenure as governor of Kwara State.
The former governor was said to have arrived the EFCC headquarters at about 10am on Monday, to honour an invitation extended to him by the anti-graft 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 at the commission said.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that the former Kwara governor responded to the Commission’s invitation.
Uwujaren, however, declined further comment on the matter.