“Her release will depend on the investigation team. I cannot say whether she will be released or detained; it depends on the investigators, the investigation is still on-going.’’
Managing Directors of three leading new generation banks, were also grilled over their involvement in the alleged N585 million fraud.
Sources at the anti-graft agency told Daily Sun that the CEOs arrived at the EFCC headquarters in the early hours were still at the Commission’s headquarters as at the time of filing in this report.
He said the alleged money was paid into three separate accounts in the banks.
The source did not, however, reveal if the bank bosses would be detained or released later after the grilling which took several hours.
“Three bank Managing Directors were invited to explain their roles in the whole fraud. They were grilled by our operatives for several hours. I can’t say if they’ll be released and asked to return later for further questioning. More people will be invited to come and explain their involvement. Some Ministers who may have been involved will not be spared. The President gave a clear directive.”
The source added that the former minister of Social Development, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouk, was still being interrogated by the EFCC.
According to the source, the former minister was released on Monday night, but she returned to the EFCC yesterday for further interrogation.
Umar-Farouk is being investigated over a staggering N37.1 billion allegedly laundered by officials of the ministry during her tenure as minister.
Hajiya Halima Shehu, the suspended National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, was still undergoing investigation at the EFCC.
Shehu was responsible for overseeing the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme initiated by former President Muhammadu Buhari to give succour to vulnerable groups and individuals.
THE SUN
