Suspended accountant-general of the federation, Ahmed Idris is reportedly seeking a plea bargain in a criminal suit preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
At the court session on Wednesday, Rotimi Jacobs, counsel to the EFCC, told the court that Idris and his co-defendants had, through a third party, requested to meet him to negotiate the plea bargain arrangement.
“My lord, the defendants sent a third party to me that they wanted a plea bargain meeting and that they wanted to meet me,” he said.“But my reply to them was that I could not meet them in the absence of their lawyers.
“By the nature of our calling, we must be open and transparent.
“Since section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act encourages settlement and plea bargaining, I told them to come with their lawyers and that I would also invite the investigators to come for the meeting.”
