Details of petition that sparked investigation and trial of suspended Accountant General Ahmed Idris
The recent investigations leading to the corruption charges filed against the suspended Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, were triggered by a request sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), PREMIUM TIMES has found .
The details of the petition seen by this newspaper accused Mr. Idris of creating a means to steal public funds by allegedly compromising the integrity of the federal government's key public financial platforms, such as the Treasury Single Account ( TSA) and the integrated payroll and personnel information system. (IPPI).
The petition also linked family members of the troubled 62-year-old accountant to millions of shares in two companies: Gezawa Integrated Farms Limited and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited.
Mr. Idris alongside three others - Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited - now faces 14 charges of money laundering and theft involving N109 billion.
The EFCC brought them before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja on Friday.
They all denied all 14 charges when read to them during the hearing before the trial judge, O A. Adeyemi-Ajayi.
PetitionThe petition dated April 26, 2021 and authored by a group, Federal Treasury Concerned Staff, predated Mr. Idris' arrest in Kano in May.
Addressed to EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa, the petition detailed how Mr. Idris, upon taking office in 2015 as AGF, allegedly "compromised the integrity of the federal government's key public financial platforms such as the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) account to create an avenue for the plunder of government resources.”
The TSA and IPPIS were established by the Nigerian government to stop the problems of widespread theft of government revenue and ghost workers in the public sector.
Solomon Daniel and Ibrahim Musa, who signed the petition from affected federal treasury staff, accused Mr. Idris of "bastardizing" financial platforms by generating huge funds "illegally to enrich his wives, children, friends and buddies".
The motion which forms part of the evidence of evidence filed with the charges against Mr. Idris and his co-defendants alleged that the suspended Accountant General of the Federation founded two multi-billion naira businesses – Gezawa Integrated Farms Limited and Gezawa Commodity Market Limited. "The wives and children of Mr. Idris are sole directors and promoters" in the companies, the petitioners said.
The two companies are charged in the multi-billion naira fraud charges filed against Mr. Idris and his co-defendants by the EFCC.
The petitioners give the distribution of the company's sharesGiving a breakdown of the company shares allegedly held by Mr. Idris' wives in the two companies, Zainab Idris owns 35,000,000 shares, while Shamsiyya Idris: 35,000,000 shares and Zuhair Idris controls 22,500,000 shares.
Other shareholders include: Nabila Abubakar - 35,000,000 shares; Hussein Idris — 22,500,000 shares; Abdulrahman Idris: 22,500,000 shares; Khadija Idris: 18,500,000 shares; Mua'zu Abubakar - 400,000,000 shares.
Also owners of shares: Mohammed Chiroma - 60,000,000 shares; Usman Yahaya: 60,000,000; Baloni Lawal (representing Silvermark Investment Limited), controls 20,000,000 shares.
Court documents revealed that Gezawa Integrated Farms Limited divided its shares among Mr. Idris' family members, including - Nabila Abubakar, 1,000,000 shares; Abdulrahman Ahmad, 1,000,000 shares; Hafsat Ahmad, 1,000,000 shares; Maimunah Ahmad, 1,000,000 shares and Al-Mustapha Ahmad, 1,000,000.
A certified copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Gezawa Integrated Farms Limited shows that the company was incorporated in 2016, one year after Mr. Idris took office as AGF.
Both companies have been indicted in the theft charges against Mr. Idris.
In June, PREMIUM TIMES reported how the EFCC had traced assets worth billions of naira to the former Accountant General in Kano, where he is from.
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The recent investigations leading to the corruption charges filed against the suspended Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, were triggered by a request sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), PREMIUM TIMES has found .
The details of the petition seen by this newspaper accused Mr. Idris of creating a means to steal public funds by allegedly compromising the integrity of the federal government's key public financial platforms, such as the Treasury Single Account ( TSA) and the integrated payroll and personnel information system. (IPPI).
The petition also linked family members of the troubled 62-year-old accountant to millions of shares in two companies: Gezawa Integrated Farms Limited and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited.
Mr. Idris alongside three others - Godfrey Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited - now faces 14 charges of money laundering and theft involving N109 billion.
The EFCC brought them before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja on Friday.
They all denied all 14 charges when read to them during the hearing before the trial judge, O A. Adeyemi-Ajayi.
PetitionThe petition dated April 26, 2021 and authored by a group, Federal Treasury Concerned Staff, predated Mr. Idris' arrest in Kano in May.
Addressed to EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa, the petition detailed how Mr. Idris, upon taking office in 2015 as AGF, allegedly "compromised the integrity of the federal government's key public financial platforms such as the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) account to create an avenue for the plunder of government resources.”
The TSA and IPPIS were established by the Nigerian government to stop the problems of widespread theft of government revenue and ghost workers in the public sector.
Solomon Daniel and Ibrahim Musa, who signed the petition from affected federal treasury staff, accused Mr. Idris of "bastardizing" financial platforms by generating huge funds "illegally to enrich his wives, children, friends and buddies".
The motion which forms part of the evidence of evidence filed with the charges against Mr. Idris and his co-defendants alleged that the suspended Accountant General of the Federation founded two multi-billion naira businesses – Gezawa Integrated Farms Limited and Gezawa Commodity Market Limited. "The wives and children of Mr. Idris are sole directors and promoters" in the companies, the petitioners said.
The two companies are charged in the multi-billion naira fraud charges filed against Mr. Idris and his co-defendants by the EFCC.
The petitioners give the distribution of the company's sharesGiving a breakdown of the company shares allegedly held by Mr. Idris' wives in the two companies, Zainab Idris owns 35,000,000 shares, while Shamsiyya Idris: 35,000,000 shares and Zuhair Idris controls 22,500,000 shares.
Other shareholders include: Nabila Abubakar - 35,000,000 shares; Hussein Idris — 22,500,000 shares; Abdulrahman Idris: 22,500,000 shares; Khadija Idris: 18,500,000 shares; Mua'zu Abubakar - 400,000,000 shares.
Also owners of shares: Mohammed Chiroma - 60,000,000 shares; Usman Yahaya: 60,000,000; Baloni Lawal (representing Silvermark Investment Limited), controls 20,000,000 shares.
Court documents revealed that Gezawa Integrated Farms Limited divided its shares among Mr. Idris' family members, including - Nabila Abubakar, 1,000,000 shares; Abdulrahman Ahmad, 1,000,000 shares; Hafsat Ahmad, 1,000,000 shares; Maimunah Ahmad, 1,000,000 shares and Al-Mustapha Ahmad, 1,000,000.
A certified copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Gezawa Integrated Farms Limited shows that the company was incorporated in 2016, one year after Mr. Idris took office as AGF.
Both companies have been indicted in the theft charges against Mr. Idris.
In June, PREMIUM TIMES reported how the EFCC had traced assets worth billions of naira to the former Accountant General in Kano, where he is from.
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