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

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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.

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“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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