Buhari's Minister Held By EFCC Over Alleged Diversion Of Poverty Alkeviation Funds
The former Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk is being held for corruption allegation.
Sources close to the EFCC told newsmen that Sadiya Umar-Farouk is still being questioned by Interrogators at the Anti-graft Agency's office and was not allowed to go home after her visit on monday morning.
Sadiya is being questioned over allegations of corruption in the handling of an over thirty-seven billion naira social intervention funds linked to the accounts of a Contractor, James Okwete during her tenure as Minister.
Revelations by Okwete who had long been arrested by Operatives of the EFCC has indicted Umar-Farouk and Directors-generals who served under her.
The EFCC had earlier grilled the suspended National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme, Halima Shehu who's office is being supervised by the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry.
The EFCC detained Shehu after the announcement of her suspension by President Tinubu and subsequent raid of the National Social Investment Programme Agency's office in Abuja. Shehu had been released but asked to report to the EFCC's office everyday for the ongoing probe.
The just suspended Humanitarian Affairs Minister Betta Edu is expected at the EFCC's office this tuesday over alleged payment of 585 million naira grant meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos States into private accounts.
President Tinubu had suspended Betta Edu from office and directs the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to conduct thorough investigation into all financial transactions involving the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs as well as the Agencies under the Ministr
y.
