The suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, has been grantee bail by the nation’s antigraft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Betta Edu was released after hours of grilling by the EFCC in connection with the approval she gave for the payment of N585 million of the ministry’s funds into the private account of a civil servant.
It would be recalled that after a public outrage from the issue, President Bola Tinubu suspended Mrs Edu from office, immediately ordering the EFCC to investigate the approval and other related scandalous revelations.
She was immediately summoned by the EFCC to appear at its headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday.
The suspended minister on Tuesday morning honoured the invitation and was held in custody till night when she was granted bail.
EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, confirmed that Edu was released on bail on Tuesday but refrained from commenting on the terms and conditions.
“She was given a bail yesterday’s night. I want to tell you that the investigation still continues,” Oyewale said.
The EFCC had began questioning Mrs Edu Tuesday morning and according to a highly reliable source at the anti-graft agency, she was at the commission’s headquarters on Tuesday morning.
“An official invitation by the commission was sent to her on Monday and she honoured the invitation on Tuesday.
“She is being interrogated by the commission and she is expected to give proper insight into the issue at hand,’’ the source said.
