Ex-Kwara Gov, Ahmed, Still in EFCC Custody

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

A former governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfattah Ahmed, yesterday, was still in the Custody of the Ilorin zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ilorin, the state capital, as at the close of work.

Ahmed, who was being interrogated by the Antigraft agency on some N10 billion projects executed during his tenure would have spent his second day at the office of the Commission, if not released yesterday.

He was invited weekend and presented himself to the agency at about 9am on Monday and had remained in the office as at 7pm yesterday, according to a source closed to the EFCC

Asked about the projects which the ex-governor was being grilled for, the source who did not want his name in print said he didn’t know the projects but said, “what I can tell you is that Ex-governor Ahmed is still with the EFCC and has not been released as at 7pm.”