Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, arrives EFCC office

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By Olayinka Awofadeju 



The former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegation of N37,170,855,753.44 laundered during her tenure in office through a contractor, James Okwete.

She is expected to meet with EFCC interrogators over an ongoing probe.  The former minister arrived at the EFCC office at about 10 am on Monday.

On her X app, she twitted about her presence at the EFCC headquarters around about 10:20 am, 

https://twitter.com/Sadiya_farouq/status/1744287088441201140?s=19

“I have, at my behest, arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to honour the invitation by the anti-graft agency to offer clarifications in respect of some issues that the commission is investigating,” Umar-Far tweeted on Monday morning.

Citing health challenges, the former Minister had earlier officially written to the EFCC, seeking an extension of the deadline to meet with EFCC interrogators over an ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered during her tenure in office through a contractor, Okwete.

Umar-Farouq faced arrest by operatives of the EFCC after failing to appear before interrogators at the EFCC Headquarters on Wednesday. The former minister was asked to appear before investigators at the EFCC Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at about 10:00 a.m. to give an account of the alleged monumental fraud that took place under her watch, a document exclusively seen by our correspondent on Saturday revealed.





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