The Group Managing Directors (GMDs) of Zenith, Providus and Jaiz banks honoured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invitation to hand over documents relating to accounts operated by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to the anti-graft agency on Tuesday.
A source from the agency confirmed that the bank, Czars, left the anti-graft agency’s Abuja headquarters after the documents were handed over.
Multiple sources close to the banks, EFCC and the Presidency clarified that the anti-graft agency requested the bank’s documents to help investigate alleged financial impropriety in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
President Bola Tinubu suspended Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, on Monday and directed an investigation into her ministry.
Edu, grilled on Tuesday by the EFCC, allegedly directed the disbursement of a N585,198,500.00 grant meant for Vulnerable Groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Lagos and Ogun States into a private account.
