The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested and detained the suspended National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA, Halima Shehu.
According to reports, the arrest happened only hours after President Bola Tinubu authorized her suspension due to the alleged one-week transfer of N17 billion from her NSIPA account to many other accounts.
The CEO, now under fire, was charged with authorizing the agency to pay billions of naira without the president’s consent.
It was gathered that operatives of the EFCC, who were drafted to the National Coordinator’s private office and home, got her arrested at about 8 pm on Tuesday.
According to The Nation, after searching her home and office, Halima was taken into custody at about 9 pm for interrogation.
It was also gathered that the EFCC was closing in on a director of the agency, who was allegedly complicit in the huge payments into the suspicious accounts.
