EFCC interrogates bank CEOs over financial irregularities with Humanitarian Affairs Ministry

EFCC interrogates bank CEOs over financial irregularities with Humanitarian Affairs Minister

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, reportedly invited the Chief Executive Officers of three banks for interrogation over alleged financial irregularities uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

The anti-graft agency was said to have invited the bank executives after it had quizzed and detained the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, for allegedly directing the payment of the sum of N585.189 million grant meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos States, into the private bank account of one Bridget Mojisola Oniyelu.