REVEALED – Eight former Ministers under ex President Buhari’s regime under EFCC probe
A source within the
Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that no fewer than eight ministers, who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari, are currently being investigated by the commission over corruption-related allegations.
According to the EFCC source, the former ministers under probe have been invited to the Commission to explain how they spent funds allocated to their ministries on some designated projects when they held sway at their respective positions.
The EFCC source, who disclosed this to the Daily Trust, said apart from the former minister of Women’s Affairs, Pauline Tallen, who was invited last week over alleged N2bn fraud and “part of the money allegedly diverted from the African First Lady Peace Mission Project,” about seven others have also been invited.
It would be recalled that Sale Mamman, also a former minister of power under former President Buhari, was last month arrested and detained by the commission in connection with an alleged N22 billion fraud related to power projects.
In the same vein, it was learnt that the immediate past minister of police affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has also been summoned over how the Police Trust Fund was handled.
Speaking further on condition of anonymity, the source said Dingyadi would provide answers to allegations of purchasing refurbished vehicles for the Nigeria Police as new.
“Well, I’m not aware of the letter, I’ve not seen it. Maybe they sent it to the office, I will inquire from the office”, the minister of police affairs, Dingyadi said.
