N37.1bn fraud: Ex-minister Umar-Farouq submits to EFCC

Juliet Anine
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Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has finally submitted herself for investigation at the headquarters of the Economic and Financially Crime Commission

This was made known in a statement she personally posted on X, formerly Twitter handle on Monday.

The ex-minister, who is being investigated by anyi-graft agency over the sum of N37,170,855,753.44 that was allegedly laundered under her watch through a contractor, James Okwete, arrived at the EFCC office on Monday morning.

“I have, at my behest, arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to honour the invitation by the anti-graft agency to offer clarifications in respect of some issues that the commission is investigating,” she wrote

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