Alleged N583m Fraud: Allow EFCC Do Its Job, Mumuni Tells Nigerians

Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has justified the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu by President Bola Tinubu.

This is just as the gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress of Progressive Change (CPC), during the 2011 elections in Lagos State, urged Nigerians to allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to do its job in the ongoing investigations surrounding an alleged diversion of N583m into a private account by the suspended Minister.

The renowned author and security expert in a statement by his Media Aide, Rasheed Abubakar, charged Nigerians to be mindful of what they say about the President’s action in the matter in order not to jeopardise national interest.

While noting that the Minister has been one of the promising ones under the present administration, the APC chieftain maintained that Tinubu was not wrong by appointing a female and a youth to head the ministry, positing that the President should rather be commended for the suspension.

According to him, “President Tinubu has done the right thing by appointing a female to head the ministry and he should be praised for suspending her over the allegation of diverting public money into a private account.

“Aside the allegation, she has been one of the promising Ministers in this administration, it is just unfortunate she found herself in this mess. Like the popular saying, evil communication corrupts good manners.

“Nigerians should not turn themselves to judges but rather allow EFCC to do its job and leave Tinubu alone to concentrate on delivering dividends of democracy to Nigerians.

“We should be calm and continue to work together as a nation to enable good governance and also encourage the President to eliminate any rot from his government.

“Nigerians should understand that corruption is more like a regalia that will always want to remain after many washing, but it will only take a while to get rid of the rotten elements in the system.

“We are aware that our country Nigeria has been recycling corrupt systems for decades without pretending, but with the support of the citizens, better days will surely come.”