BREAKING: EFCC declares ex-Humanitarian Minister Sadiya Farouq wanted over N37.1 billion fraud

Ex-Humanitarian and Social Development and Disaster Management Minister in the late President Muhammadu Buhari administration has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over N37.1 billion fraud.

According to the anti-graft agency Sadiya Umar Farouq criminally conspire to divert the fund while in office.
She was arrested sometime ago, bailed and being investigated until she went underground.

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The EFCC posted the wanted notice on its website on Saturday.

Sadiya who is 52 year old hails from Zamfara State with her last known address as EN 008, Okpo River, off Agulu Street, Maitama, Abuja.

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The notice, signed by the Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, urged members of the public to share useful information for furthermaction.

The EFCC notice read, “The public is hereby notified that Sadiya Umar Farouq, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in an alleged case of Criminal Conspiracy, Abuse of Office, Diversion of Public Funds.”

The commission directed anyone with useful information to contact its offices in Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt, or Abuja, or call 08093322644, or email info@efcc.gov.ng, or contact the nearest police station.

Farouq served as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development under former President Muhammadu Buhari from 2019 to 2023.

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