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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Suspended Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Dr Betta Edu, is currently being interrogated at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over her involvement in an alleged N585 million fraud.
Edu arrived at the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, around 11am.
The suspended minister was accompanied by her aides and lawyer.
Edu was caught in a N585 million disbursement scandal involving the humanitarian affairs ministry, attracting widespread criticisms from Nigerians.
The predicament of the 37-year-old was worsened when the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, confirmed that although her office received a request from the humanitarian ministry to make certain payments, her office did not act on it.
On Monday, President Bola Tinubu suspended Edu with immediate effect and ordered EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions involving the ministry and agencies under it.
Edu is a fast-rising amazon in the political space having occupied state and national offices at a young age.