Why EFCC Invited Former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Abdulfatah Ahmed, a former Governor of Kwara State in connection with financial misappropriation.

According to a source within the EFCC who craved anonymity, Ahmed was invited for questioning over an alleged diversion of funds to the tune of N10b during his regime.

Ahmed was the governor of Kwara between May 2011 and May 2019, before handing over to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.

Speaking on why he was invited, the source said: “He was invited, and is still there at the Ilorin Zonal Command. It’s in connection with N3b. He is answering some questions in respect to some fraudulent misappropriation.

“We are asking him to tell us what he used it for. There are issues surrounding the money, that’s why we called him to clarify.”

Meanwhile, this is not the first time that EFCC is inviting the ex-governor.

In May 2021, he was also reportedly invited by EFCC operatives in Abuja in connection to alleged diversion of funds amounting to about N9 billion from the coffers of the Kwara State Government.

The money was said to be 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.

Efforts to speak with the ex-governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Femi Akorede, did not succeed as he did not respond to a text message and calls made to his telephone at the time of going to press.