Betta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has been ordered to report at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Jabi, Abuja on Tuesday, January 9.
President Bola Tinubu suspended Edu on Monday over alleged N585m scandal.
The embattled minister was invited by the anti-graft agency in compliance with Tinubu’s order that a comprehensive investigation encompassing her activities in the ministry be carried out, a top source in the anti-graft commission told reporters.
Confirming the development in a telephone interview with our correspondent, Monday a senior EFCC official said, “Betta Edu has been mandated to report to the commission (EFCC) tomorrow.”
Edu’s predecessor, Sadiya Farouq, is still being questioned by EFCC interrogators as of 6.40 pm on Monday, over allegations that she laundered N37.1 billion while serving as a minister in former President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet.