Oluwatosin Enesi
In what was the first time that Edu would publicly speak on her sanction by President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart insinuated that she is innocent of the alleged fraud carried out in the humanitarian ministry.
Edu was the first female minister from Cross River state and the youngest minister at the federal executive council in the Fourth Nigerian republic.
She stated this via her official X (formerly Twitter) handle as she celebrated her 38th birthday on Sunday, October 27.
Describing herself as a “daughter of Zion”, Edu said the purported attempt to “destroy” her will only “lead to her elevation”. She wrote: “Happy birthday to the woman Jesus Loves! Soon the world will see the glory of a great God! “The lies told to destroy a daughter of Zion will lead to her elevation! Ask Joseph!”
It will be recalled that President Tinubu excluded Edu from his second cabinet last week. The president named Nentawe Yilwatda, from Plateau state, as Edu’s replacement in a major cabinet reshuffle.
Yilwatda’s appointment ended speculations about Edu’s fate as a cabinet member.
On January 8, Tinubu suspended Edu as minister after a memo surfaced wherein she allegedly asked Oluwatoyin Madein, accountant-general of the federation, to transfer N585 million to a private account. The president also asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the financial transactions of the humanitarian ministry. After Edu was suspended, the former minister was grilled at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, the nation’s capital. In April, the EFCC said it recovered some money from the investigation involving Edu, adding that 50 bank accounts were under probe.
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