{"id":136503,"date":"2024-01-04T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T12:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/04\/buharis-minister-umar-farouq-snubs-efcc-invitation-for-probe\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T12:14:32","slug":"buharis-minister-umar-farouq-snubs-efcc-invitation-for-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/04\/buharis-minister-umar-farouq-snubs-efcc-invitation-for-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari\u2019s Minister, Umar-Farouq Snubs EFCC Invitation For Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, snubbed an invitation earlier sent by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in probing the N37.1bn allegedly laundered during the administration of immediate past president, Muhamadu Buhari, through a contractor, identified as James Okwete.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the ex minister, kept interrogators waiting for over eight hours on yesterday, without an official communication to the anti-graft agency.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Umar-Farouq was asked to appear before investigators at the EFCC headquarters, Jabi, Abuja on January 3, 2024, at about 10:00 am, to give an account of the alleged fraud that took place under her watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0EFCC Invites Buhari\u2019s Finance Minister For Questioning Over N37 Billion Fraud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, an interrogator, who spoke with PUNCH on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the interrogation team had to close from work at about 6pm when they were certain that the former minister was not going to show up.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe just closed from work now because she didn\u2019t show up today, and it\u2019s 6pm already. 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