Court Grants Ex-Kwara Governor Ahmed ?50m Bail

Date: 2024-02-26

Former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been granted bail by the Federal High Court Ilorin in the sum of ?50,000,000 with two sureties with landed properties in Ilorin, the state capital.Ahmed is to deposit his international passport with the court among other conditions.

The former governor was arraigned on Friday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following his invitation by the anti-graft agency for questioning on Monday.

However, journalists were barred from covering the arraignment of the former governor as they were denied entry into the court.Journalist outside the court premises where former governor Abdulfattah Ahmed is being arraigned on Friday, February 23, 2024. Ahmed was taken by the anti-graft agency on Monday where he was being quizzed over transactions running into billions of naira during his time as governor of the state.

Ahmed was governor of the North Central state between May 2011 and May 2019 before he handed over to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.

He was once quizzed in May 2021 by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja, the nation's capital, in connection with the alleged diversion of funds to the tune of about N9 billion from the coffers of the Kwara State Government.

The money was alleged to have been diverted during Ahmed's tenure as governor of the state, and when he served as the Commissioner for Finance in the administration of ex-Governor Bukola Saraki./p>

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Akanbi-Oke     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Okin Group     Ishaq Oloyede     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Abdulwahab Oba     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Sarah Alade     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Kayode Ogunlowo     Yakub Lai Gobir     NITDA     Babaita     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Igbaja     Alaro     Oluranti Idowu     JUSUN     Ojuekun     Oke-Ogun     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Salami Adekunle     Suleiman Ajadi     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Budo-Egba     Apaola     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ilorin West     Titus Ashaolu     08001000100     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Apado     Mahe Abdulkadir     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Logun     VADA     Kuliyan Geri     All Peoples Party     Binta Abubakar Mora     Kwara Central     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     HYPPADEC     Osi     Peter Obi     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Principal Private Secretary     Igosun     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Sanitation Exercise     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Musa Aibinu     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Saidu Isa     Roseline Oni Aremu     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Umar Saro     UTME     Hamid Bobboyi     Egbewole     Akanji     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Hajj     COVID     Student Learning Support Helpline     Moji Makanjuola     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Sunset Workers     Kunle Okeowo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

SSUCOEN     Kulende     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Mohammed Abdulahi     Sulyman Buhari     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Orire     Ajase-Ipo     A.E. Afolabi     Sun Qing Rong     Babatunde Idiagbon     JSSCE     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Olomu     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Bankole Omishore     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Ahmad Uthman     Ibrahim Gambari     Ibrahim Taiwo     Olushola Saraki     Issa Baba     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Nnazua     Oba-Solagberu     Kazeem Gbolagade     Pategi     Mukhtar Shagaya     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Ahmed Alhasssan     Yakub Lai Gobir     Oniwasi Agbaye     Ogbondoroko     National Pilot     Garba Idris Ajia     Idris Garuba     Afonja Descendants Union     UNILORIN Alumni     Isiaq Khadeejah     Ojuekun     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Abubakar Aliagan     Nigeria Computer Society     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Niyi Osundare     Apado     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Durbar Festival     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Durosinlohun Atiku     Yunus Oniboki     Taofeeq Olateju     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Bio Ibrahim     CLAY POT     IFK     Lanre Issa Onilu     Olatunji Ayeni     Women Radio     Elerinjare     Plat Technologies Limited     Monkey Pox     ARMTI     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Amuda Bembe     Mustapha Olanipekun     Ilesha-Gwanara     Babatunde Ajeigbe     ASUU     Atunwa     Azeez Bello     Yusuf Arowosaye     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Elerin Of Adanla     Bashirat Bola Bello