Perhaps, if Betta Edu, a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, had been more circumspect, she would not have suffered the awful fate that befell her.
It all began when she was suspended earlier in the year by President Bola Tinubu over an alleged N585 million scandal that rocked the Ministry.
Following the development, President Tinubu directed the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions involving the ministry.
Though she denied any wrongdoing, her office had claimed that she approved the transfer into a private account for the “implementation of grants to vulnerable groups.”
At the outset of the investigations, she had wrongfully thought that she could escape justice, owing to her influence and connection. Indeed, she was said to have boasted that she was untouchable.
But it didn’t take long…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
