Embattled former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, returned home on Monday night after hours of interrogation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
She is expected to return on Tuesday for further clarifications on sundry issues that the anti-graft agency flagged in the course of its preliminary investigations.
The ongoing investigation by the EFCC revolves around the staggering sum of N37.1 billion allegedly laundered by officials of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development then led by Umar-Farouq as the minister.
The EFCC had earlier grilled the suspended National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu.
The commission detained Shehu after raiding NSIPA’s office in the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, on 2 January. She was held for questioning till the following day when she was released on bail.
Shehu, who was recently suspended by President Bola Tinubu, was responsible for overseeing the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme during President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. She was replaced with Akindele Egbuwalo, in an acting capacity.
The former Minister submitted herself for investigation at the headquarters of the EFCC on Monday.
Farouq is being probed over the sum of N37,170,855,753.44 that was allegedly laundered under her watch.
