Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development under ex-president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, failed on Wednesday to honour an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) probing an alleged N37.1 billion laundered during her tenure in office through a contractor, James Okwete.
The former minister was expected to appear around 10am before EFCC interrogators at the Commission’s head office in Abuja on Wednesday.
However, a source at the EFCC, who spoke anonymously, confirmed that Sadiya Umar-Farouq failed to honour the invitation.
“We just closed from work now because she didn’t show up today, and it’s 6 pm already. It’s certain that she’s never going to show up today,” the source said.
The development comes barely 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu suspended Halima Shehu, the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, over her alleged involvement in the fraud.
Already, Halima Shehu has been arrested by the EFCC.
