by Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
Suspended Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Dr. Betta Edu, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), after arriving at the Commission’s Headquarters, to be grilled over alleged N585 million fraud in her ministry.
Minister Edu, who was suspended on Monday, January 8, by President Bola Tinubu, has been accused of paying the humanitarian fund into a private account.
The N585 million was meant for payment of grants to vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Cross River and Ogun states.
Edu is the first minister to be suspended from office since members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) were sworn-in on August, 2023.