Suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation BETTA EDU, will report at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Abuja on Tuesday.
She is expected to honor an invitation by the anti-graft agency following her suspension by President BOLA TINUBU on Monday.
We hear the minister has been invited in line with President TINUBU’s directive that a thorough probe be conducted covering her time in the ministry.
Meanwhile, the EFCC quizzed EDU’s predecessor, SADIYA FAROUQ, on Monday, over an alleged laundering of N37.1 billion during her tenure as a minister under the administration of ex-President MUHAMMADU BUHARI.
FAROUQ was still at the office of the EFCC as of 6pm on Monday.
EDU was caught in a N585m disbursement scandal involving her ministry, attracting widespread criticisms from rights groups and activists.
The predicament of the 37-year-old was worsened when the Accountant General of the Federation, OLUWATOYIN MADEIN, confirmed that her office received a request from the humanitarian ministry to make certain payments.