Sadiya Umar-Farouq, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Catastrophe Administration and Social Improvement underneath ex-president Muhammadu Buhari authorities, refused to honour the invitation by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee probing an alleged N37.1 billion laundered throughout her tenure in workplace by way of a contractor, James Okwete.
Earlier Arogidigba International Journal stories that the previous Minister was anticipated to seem earlier than EFCC interrogators on the Fee’s head workplace on Wednesday round 10:00 am in Abuja.
Nonetheless, a supply in EFCC who spoke anonymously confirmed that Sadiya Umar-Farouq shunned the Fee’s invitation on Wednesday.
“We simply closed from work now as a result of she didn’t present up right this moment, and it’s 6 pm already. It’s sure that she’s by no means going to indicate up right this moment”.
The event comes barely 24 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu suspended Halima Shehu, the nationwide coordinator of the Nationwide Social Funding Programme Company, over her involvement within the fraud.
Consequently, Halima Shehu was arrested by EFCC.