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N37.1bn Fraud: Former minister, Umar-Farouq appears before EFCC
Sadiya Umar-Farouq, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, has arrived at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters to clarify allegations of fraud and money laundering levelled against her.
Umar-Farouq appeared to the EFCC offices to accept the anti-graft agency’s request to provide explanation on various issues under investigation.
The former minister had earlier indicated her readiness to honour the Commission’s invitation.
“I remain proud to have served my country as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with every sense of responsibility and will defend my actions, stewardship, and programmes during my tenure whenever I am called upon to do so,” Umar-Farouq was quoted to have said.
The EFCC is investigating money laundering amounting to more than N30 billion in agencies her ministry supervised during the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Chronicle NG had earlier reported the former minister failed to appear before the anti-graft agency as she kept interrogators waiting without providing an official explanation to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The former minister had been accused of laundering over 37.1 billion naira through a contractor, James Okwete, during her stint in office as minister in former president Muhammadu Buhari administration.
