..security details allegedly withdrawn, Presidential Villa access card taken
..to report at efcc today
Source: Podium Reporters
More details have emerged regarding the suspension of the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management, Dr. Edu Betta by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pave the way for the investigation of the alleged misappropriation of funds belonging to the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
Exclusive details gathered by Podium Reporters that when the suspended Minister got wind of her imminent suspension, she rushed down to the Aso Rock villa with her convoy and tried to see the President without a prior appointment. She was, however, restricted to the President’s waiting room where she watched on TV as News Channels announced her suspension.
When it became apparent, that she was not going to see the President, Dr. Edu Betta came outside but found out that her entire security details and vehicles that accompanied her convoy were gone. It was gathered that the security details received signals recalling them to their respective commands following her suspension.
The Villa Access Tag of the embattled Minister was also taken from her by the DSS. It took the intervention of one of the principal aides to the president, who volunteered to use his vehicle to give Dr. Betta Edu a ride out from the villa.
Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to its headquarters located in the Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory.
The invitation came less than 30 minutes after the President, Bola Tinubu announced Edu’s immediate suspension from office and after she was denied access to the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
