Probe spreads as EFCC grills AGF over N585m humanitarian ministry fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, over her alleged link to the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu’s alleged N585.2m financial malfeasance.

The EFCC interrogated Madein on Tuesday at its headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.

According to a source, Madein was grilled over the payment of N585.2m of government funds from the Ministry into the private bank account of a government official.

The source had said: “The Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, has been invited and interrogated by the commission.

The EFCC is also probing the embattled Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency domiciled in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Halima Shehu, over an alleged N44bn cash fraud.

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