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Bettagate: EFCC Grills Senior Humanitarian Affairs Ministry Officials

Edu is being investigated for authorizing the transfer of N585 million into the private account of an accountant in the ministry, Bridget Oniyelu.

by NewsOnline Nigeria
January 11, 2024
in Crime Watch, Headline
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EFCC has grilled Senior Humanitarian Affairs Ministry officials following the Betta Edu scandal.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the investigators of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have questioned several civil servants over the financial scandal rocking the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

This Nigeria news platform understands that the EFCC is investigating the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, ex-minister Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and Halima Shehu, the suspended National Coordinator and CEO of the National Social Investment Programme, an agency under the humanitarian ministry.

SEE ALSO: ICPC Recovers N50 Billion From Humanitarian Affairs Ministry Under Sadiya Umar-Farouq

 

Edu is being investigated for authorizing the transfer of N585 million into the private account of an accountant in the ministry, Bridget Oniyelu. At the same time, Umar-Farouq, who served as a minister under former President Muhammadu Buhari, was being probed over alleged N37bn money laundering.

 

Halima Shehu, on the other hand, was being questioned for allegedly moving N44bn NSIP funds into some private and corporate accounts without presidential approval.

 

According to The PUNCH, the EFCC operatives on Wednesday questioned many senior civil servants in the humanitarian affairs ministry.

 

It was gathered that the ministry’s top officials gave the investigators useful information that could help them unravel the financial malfeasance in the Ministry.

 

An EFCC source stated, “The women came today (Wednesday), and they’re cooperating with the commission.

 

“Also, director-generals and other senior officials under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs have been and are still being interrogated by the EFCC. Senior officials of some banks are still answering questions too over the alleged money laundering.’’

Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on Monday suspended Betta Edu for requesting payment of N585 million naira into private accounts allegedly meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos States.

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