Alhaji Abdulfattah Ahmed, the immediate former governor of Kwara State, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for a second night. They are questioning him over suspected N10 billion embezzlement. Ahmed was not permitted to leave the EFCC's Ilorin zonal office after reporting on Monday morning. On Tuesday, he was not released by the anti-graft agency. Alhaji AbdulWahab Oba, his chief press secretary, verified his visitation to the EFCC office on Monday.
The visit by Dr. Ahmed to the EFCC is customary and formal. As usual, he accepted their invitation and showed them his respect. He is always prepared to address any inquiry or concern about his time serving as the state's governor. Oba affirmed his principal's detention by the EFCC to The PUNCH on Tuesday night. "Yes, he is still with the EFCC. However, because they keep moving the goalposts during the game, we are facing a difficult situation." We currently don't grasp the additional dimension that the case is assuming.
At first, they stated that they required him to present two federal directors as sureties. After arriving, the sureties were requested to provide landed properties in Abuja. This seems contradictory to us. Due to a jurisdictional dispute, the matter was first handled by the EFCC office in Abuja before being moved to Ilorin. He has also been refused direct access to his cook, his physicians, and his medicine, according to Oba. Ahmed was still being held as of Tuesday night, according to a reliable source inside the anti-graft agency. Despite this, the source was unable to provide the results of the questions that had been conducted thus far.
He is present. The questioning goes on. He is staying overnight, according to the source. Since the former governor has accepted every invitation the EFCC has sent him in the past without failing, he challenged the organization to adhere to due process and project transparency in its treatment of the issue. Ahmed was still being held as of Tuesday night, a reliable source in the anti-graft agency informed a journalist. Our reporter was informed by many EFCC sources that the anti-graft organization was looking into transactions totaling N10 billion that took place when the former governor was in office. According to them, the monies were related to certain initiatives that were carried out in the state while Ahmed was in office.
