The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee has questioned the Accountant-Common of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, over an alleged hyperlink with a N585.2m fraud involving the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr. Betta Edu.
The AGF was on Monday interrogated by EFCC interrogators on the anti-graft company headquarters, Jabi, Abuja.
Particulars of the interrogation obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday revealed that Madein was grilled for greater than six hours and launched with out circumstances within the night.
An impeccable anti-graft supply, who confirmed the event to our correspondent, revealed that she was questioned over the cost of N585.2 million of public cash from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs into the personal checking account of a authorities official.
The supply mentioned: “The Accountant-Common of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, has been invited and questioned by the committee. She was interrogated for over six hours on Monday over the cost of N585.2 million from the Nationwide Social Funding Workplace account to the UBA account of Bridget Oniyelu, the accountant of the Subsidies for Weak Teams below the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.
“The AGF was not detained and he or she was launched with out circumstances after she gave her written rationalization to investigators throughout interrogation. Nevertheless, she instructed interrogators that she had not authorised Minister Edu's memo for the cost into a personal account.”
The PUNCH reviews {that a} leaked memo had revealed how Edu had requested the Accountant Common in December 2023 to switch the cash from the account of the Nationwide Social Funding Company to the UBA account of Oniyelu, the accountant of the Subsidies for Weak Teams below the Ministry of Social Affairs and Kingdom Relations. Humanitarian Affairs.
Nevertheless, the AGF in an announcement refuted the suspended minister's declare, noting that allocations have been launched to self-accounting MDAs in accordance with the funds and such MDAs have been answerable for the implementation of their initiatives and funds for such initiatives.
Edu was final week Tuesday interrogated for over ten hours by operatives of the EFCC over alleged N585m fraud in her ministry. She was suspended by President Bola Tinubu on Monday, January 8, and is accused of transferring the humanitarian fund into a personal account.
Additionally, Halima Shehu, the embattled Coordinator and Chief Govt Officer of the Nationwide Social Funding Program Company, based mostly within the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, is being investigated by the EFCC over an alleged N44 billion money fraud.
