The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday grilled a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, for over 12 hours between 11 am and 11.30 pm.<\/p>\n
The former minister who was grilled in the presence of her lawyer, Oladipo Okpeseyi, at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, was asked to write a statement explaining her relationship with a contractor, James Okwete, over the disbursements of the sum of \u20a637,170,855,753.44 paid into his bank accounts through agencies domiciled in the ministry.<\/p>\n
Abuja City Journal gathered that during the interrogation which was done in the Operations Room, EFCC Headquarters, Plots 301\/302, Institutions and Research District, Jabi, Abuja, the former minister was shown documents revealing how the monies were moved into several bank accounts belonging to or connected with Okwete.<\/p>\n
\u201cSadiya was grilled by interrogators since 11 am, and she was released on bail around 11.30 pm tonight (Monday), we aren\u2019t detaining her just as we didn\u2019t detain Halima Shehu, because the investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, Sadiya has been mandated to report to the commission every day from tomorrow (Tuesday). She was asked to write a statement explaining her relationship with the contractor, Okwete, and how those monies got into his account,\u201d an EFCC source revealed.<\/p>\n
The source added, \u201cShe was given access to documents showing how the monies were moved from the ministry\u2019s coffers and deposited into the bank accounts of Mr Okwete.\u201d<\/p>\n
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