Ahmed Idris, the former Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) is seeking the Plea Bargain option in place of a full trial in the case of alleged N109.4 billion fraud.
This was disclosed to the court by counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, SAN.
However, counsel that represented the ex-AGF in court, Mr. Goddy Uche, SAN, insisted that his client and his co-defendants were at the EFCC office for the meeting but declined to go further with the negotiation after they were asked to go to the office of the EFCC Chairman. Uche had before the EFCC lawyer revealed that the defendant sought a plea bargain, alleged that the defendants were summoned by the anti-graft agency, a development he said made it impossible for him to discuss the issue of purported confessional statements the prosecution intends to tender in evidence before the court, with his client.
