Betta Edu probe: Nigeria recovers $24m in poverty minister investigation - EFCC - BBC News

Funds have been traced to over 50 bank accounts following Betta Edu's suspension, investigators say.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The 37-year-old poverty alleviation minister denied any wrongdoing when she was suspended in JanuaryBy Gloria AradiBBC NewsNigeria has recovered 30bn naira ($24m; £19m) as part of an ongoing corruption probe into a suspended minister, the financial watchdog says.

The funds were traced to more than 50 bank accounts, it said.

Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister Betta Edu was initially suspended in January over the alleged diversion of $640,000 of public money into a personal bank account.

President Bola Tinubu then ordered an investigation into her ministry.

At the time Dr Edu, 37, denied any wrongdoing. Her office said she had approved the transfer into a personal account, which was not in her name, but said it was for the "implementation of grants to vulnerable groups".

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