EFCC Traces N2.5bn To Minister's Housemaid Account

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has laid hands on a big bank account with over N2.5billion opened in the name of a former female minister’s housemaid.

Investigators of the anti-graft agency said the account was opened by the former influential minister in the name of the housemaid as part of the effort to cover her secrets.

However, preliminary investigation has shown that the former minister is the sole signatory to the account. According to the Nation, a highly placed EFCC source said that she would be brought to justice.

“Our findings indicated that the ex-female minister opened an account in the name of her housemaid and with her photograph. But the signature in the account is that of the ex-minister,” the source said.

“At the time we made the discovery, over N2.5billion was in the account. But the volume of transactions in the account has been huge.

“We are suspecting that the ex-minister did not put the housemaid in the picture of what she wanted to do with her passport photograph.

“We have established that the ex-minister has been drawing funds from the said account. We have retrieved records of all transactions by the ex-Minister. We will soon bring her to justice no matter how long it takes to follow due process.”