Nigeria: EFCC Quizzes Ex-Ministers Over N23 Billion Fraud

Kano and Abuja — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday quizzed four former ministers from Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states over their involvement in the disbursement of about N23bn for the 2015 PDP presidential election campaign allegedly laundered by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke.

A source in the commission confirmed the arrest of former Foreign Affairs from Kano Alhaji Aminu Bashir Wali, former minister of state for foreign affairs from Jigawa Dr. Nuruddeen Muhammad and a former minister from Katsina State.

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