Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has finally honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N37billion corruption allegation against her.
Umar-Farouk took to her X account to announce the development, saying “I have, at my behest, arrived at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to honour the invitation by the anti-graft agency to offer clarifications in respect of some issues that the commission is investigating.”
“I remain proud to have served my country as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with every sense of responsibility and will defend my actions, stewardship and programmes during my tenure whenever I am called upon to do so,” she was quoted to have said.
The former Minister had earlier failed to honour the invitation of the anti-graft agency on the alleged laundering of N37.1 billion during her tenure.
She, however, wrote a letter to apologise to the Commission over her failure to honour their invitation.
The spokesman of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, said the former minister wrote to the anti-graft, explaining that she is not disposed for now to appear before the commission.
