Humanitarian ministry scandals: The EFCC confiscates Passports of the former minister, Edu
Due to ongoing investigations into problems inside the ministry, the passports of Betta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and Sadiya Umar-Farouq, her predecessor, have been seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
As of the time this report was filed at 7 p.m., Edu, who arrived at the EFCC offices in Abuja at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, was still being questioned by the commission's investigators.
It was revealed that managing directors of three commercial banks were also questioned on Tuesday over the N44 billion fraud that was discovered in the ministry, during the EFCC's interrogation of the suspended minister.
The Edu scandal broke when a leaked memo showed that the suspended minister had instructed Oluwatoyin Madein, the Accountant-General of the Federation, to transfer N585 million to a private account held by Oniyelu Bridget. The ministry claimed that Bridget is currently employed as the Project Accountant for Grants for Vulnerable Groups.
Edu accepted the invitation from the EFCC on Tuesday, and the investigators questioned her for a long time.
It was discovered that detectives had confiscated both her official and personal passports, preventing her from leaving the nation.
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