The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development Sadiya Umar-Farouq did not shun its invitation, as reported by a section of the media.
The EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement explained that the former minister sent a letter indicating she was indisposed and could not honour the invitation due to her health challenges.
Oyewale who stated that her lawyer also visited the commission to brief the anti-graft agency on the reason for her absence, noted that the agency had considered her plea and expected that she would honour the invitation without further delay.
He also explained that the N37.1 billion being branded might not be the correct figure for the money misappropriated by the ministry and Umar-Farouq may not be arrested, as she had done the needful through her lawyer.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the antigraft agency also said that the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, has been released and directed to come to the EFCC office for interrogation until the end of the investigation.
She was arrested in connection with the ongoing probe of the humanitarian affairs ministry.
