Alleged N37.1bn Fraud: EFCC Arrests Halima Shehu, NSIPA National Coordinator
Following allegation of over N37billion laundered money, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested Halima Shehu, who was on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 suspended from office as National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
It was gathered that Halima Shehu was arrested by the EFCC following her role in the ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, under former Minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk.
Checks indicated that the EFCC operatives stormed NSIPA’s office situated at the Federal Secretariat in the Central Business District of Abuja at about 9:00am on Tuesday, December 2, 2024 and immediately whisked Halima Shehu away to the anti-graft agency’s headquarters, situated in Jabi District of Abuja.
Sources close to the EFCC confirmed the arrest of Halima Shehu, saying that she was allegedly indicted in the going N37.1bn fraud while she served as the National Coordinator of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
Halima Shehu, who was suspended on Tuesday was appointed in October by President Tinubu as the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency.
Accordingly, Dr Akindele Egbuwalo, who was the Manager of N-POWER Program, was appointed by President Tinubu as the Acting National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency pending the conclusion of the probe.
