Sadiya Umar Farouk, the previous minister of social growth, catastrophe administration, and humanitarian affairs, has arrived on the headquarters of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) to face allegations of fraud.
The ex-minister is about to endure interrogation as a part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged laundering of N37.10 billion throughout her tenure in workplace, with the funds purportedly routed by means of a contractor named James Okwete.
Umar-Farouk complied with the EFCC’s invitation and arrived at their headquarters at roughly 10 am on Monday, January 8. She additionally took to her X page round 10:20 am to substantiate her presence on the EFCC headquarters.
She acknowledged,
- “I’ve, at my behest, arrived on the headquarters of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) to honor the invitation by the anti-graft company to supply clarifications in respect of some points that the fee is investigating,” Umar-Farouq tweeted on Monday morning.”
Backstory
The ex-minister, who held workplace in the course of the administration of the quick previous President Muhammadu Buhari, acquired an invite from the anti-graft company final week as a part of an investigation into her actions throughout her tenure within the ministry.
It was beforehand reported that citing well being considerations, the previous Minister had formally written to the EFCC, requesting an extension of the deadline for her assembly with EFCC interrogators concerning the continuing probe into the N37.17 billion allegedly laundered throughout her time period by means of the contractor Okwete.
In an earlier submit on X, the embattled Minister had denied allegations towards her throughout her time in workplace.
Within the submit, she denied ever working with an agent referred to as James Okwete and described media experiences linking her to the individual as spurious.
She acknowledged, “James Okwete neither labored for me nor represented in any method by any means. The linkages and associations to my individual are spurious.
Whereas I resist the urge to have interaction in any media trial by any means, I’ve nonetheless contacted my Authorized Group to discover attainable choices to hunt redress for the malicious assault on”
