The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee has invited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to its headquarters positioned in Jabi, Abuja over an alleged N585m scandal.
The invitation got here lower than an hour after President Bola Tinubu introduced Edu’s suspension from workplace by means of the Particular Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
An impeccable EFCC supply, who confirmed the event to our correspondent, revealed that the anti-graft company’s Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, had earlier really useful the suspension of the Minister to the President to pave the best way for correct investigation.
The supply additional famous that the fee swung into motion instantly after the President ordered a radical investigation into the alleged cost of N585.189 million grant meant for susceptible teams in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos states into a personal account.
“We’ve invited the suspended Minister, Betta Edu. The invitation letter was despatched to her instantly after her suspension was introduced by the President. We’re predict her on the headquarters any second from now,” the supply famous.
The PUNCH journalist, Abiodun Sanusi, has over six years media expertise masking metro, leisure, politics, civil societies, overseas affairs, crime and safety.
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