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There are indications that Betta Edu, the embattled minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, has assumed her roles despite being under suspension and investigation by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission.

Edu, who was suspended following a diversion of one N585 million federal government grant meant for the vulnerable into private s had sent condolences to the victims of the recent Jos building collapse.

“It is with profound grief that I extend my deepest condolences on the tragic collapse of the school building in Jos, Plateau State, which has resulted in the loss of multiple lives and left many survivors grappling with unimaginable pain and suffering,” Edu said in a message carrying the ministry’s letterhead.

“May the souls of the departed rest in peace, and may the injured receive swift and complete healing. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and all those affected during this incredibly difficult time,” she added.

The condolences, which ought to be met with sympathy, caused a stir on social media as the minister was still expected to be grilled by the anti-graft agency.

President Bola Tinubu had suspended the humanitarian minister in January this year, ordering the EFCC to carry out a thorough investigation of all aspects of the financial transactions involving the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as one or more agencies.

“In line with his avowed commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and ability in the management of the commonwealth of Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu suspends the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect,” Ajuri Ngelale, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity had announced.

However, it appears Edu had been left off the hook as the EFCC has remained silent with no outcome of the investigation in sight.

Source: https://businessday.ng/news/article/efcc-keeps-mum-as-betta-edu-allegedly-stages-return/

E no go beta for people wey sell their votes to these crooks in power to make this country a bigger mess

Tinubu effect. The most corrupt president ever.

Just so you all know, as far as the Constitution of Nigeria, ministers do not enjoy immunity at all. Only the President, Vice-President, Governors, and deputy Governors have immunity, and that immunity disappears once they are impeached/removed from office. So, there is nothing stopping anyone from bringing charges against the woman for even the past crimes she committed before she was made a minister. If EFCC fails to go after her, citizens can do it themselves.

All your government officials, Senators, Representatives, LG council chairmen, Ministers, Police officers, etc.,—minus the President and his VP, Governors, and their deputies— do not enjoy the benefit of immunity.

Beta Edu is from Anambra .

Her father is from Anambra and not Cross River.


Her mother is from Cross River and her estranged husband whom she has since divorced and whose name she is still using is from Cross River.

She was never supposed to take the ministerial slot for Cross River just as the then Governor Ayade who nominated her for the position refused to acknowledge the nomination of a long standing jurist as the State Chief Justice all because she was not from Cross River but only married to a Cross Riverian.

So if the IPObidient want to drag Beta, they should know she is their daughter .

Kobojunkie:
Just so you all know, as far as the Constitution of Nigeria, ministers do not enjoy immunity at all. Only the President, Vice-President, Governors, and deputy Governors have immunity. So, there is nothing stopping anyone from bringing charges against the woman for even the past crimes she committed before she was made a minister. If EFCC fails to go after her, citizens can do it themselves.

Incoherent gibberish. Who controls the judiciary if not the same executives that are shielding her.

ShinnBet:
Beta Edu is from Anambra .

Her father is from Anambra and not Cross River.


Her mother is from Cross River and her estranged husband whom she has since divorced and whose name she is still using is from Cross River.

She was never supposed to take the ministerial slot for Cross River just as the then Governor Ayade who nominated her for the position refused to acknowledge the nomination of a long standing jurist as the State Chief Justice all because she was not from Cross River but only married to a Cross Riverian.

So if the IPObidient want to drag Beta, they should know she is their daughter .

Beta Edu is from cross river. Stop misleading people.

Malroux:
Beta Edu is from cross river. Stop misleading people.

Her bio is online.

Check it out.

Her father is from Anambra and that makes her from Anambra

EFCC is a very Weak Organization.

Olukayode only know to Make Mouth and go for Cheap targets like Boborisky.

Tinibu Appointed, LOUD-MOUTHED, Overrated Y0rubas to fill up position in the govt. 😒

Dat's how Fashola boasted he will fix the Power Sector under 6months and ended SHAMEFULLY.

ShinnBet:


Her bio is online.

Check it out.

Her father is from Anambra and that makes her from Anambra

See how SILLY you sound. 😏

What if she is from Anambra?😕

A Corrupt Nigerian can be from any of the 36 States.
Most of you LACK sense Honestly.

Malroux:
Incoherent gibberish. Who controls the judiciary if not the same executives that are shielding her.

The executive does not control the Judiciary. What you have happening in Nigeria is there as a result of corruption but that should not be reason enough to do nothing. If you do nothing, nothing will change.

Kobojunkie:
The executive does not control the Judiciary. What you have happening in Nigeria is there as a result of corruption but that should not be reason enough to do nothing?

Then drag her to court just like you suggested.

We knew it, since she was just suspended that time.

VinnyBaba:
■ EFCC is a very Weak Organization. Olukayode only know to Make Mouth and go for Cheap targets like Boborisky. Tinibu Appointed, LOUD-MOUTHED, Overrated Y0rubas to fill up position in the govt. 😒 Dat's how Fashola boasted he will fix the Power Sector under 6months and ended SHAMEFULLY.

Where EFCC fails to go after her, the people can call for her removal and prosecution for crimes. This woman's fraudulent past can still be used against her.

I won't be surprised for once. A government headed by a well confirmed criminal have long given potential criminals the audacity to be emboldened criminals. Next!

ShinnBet:
Beta Edu is from Anambra .

Her father is from Anambra and not Cross River.


Her mother is from Cross River and her estranged husband whom she has since divorced and whose name she is still using is from Cross River.

She was never supposed to take the ministerial slot for Cross River just as the then Governor Ayade who nominated her for the position refused to acknowledge the nomination of a long standing jurist as the State Chief Justice all because she was not from Cross River but only married to a Cross Riverian.

So if the IPObidient want to drag Beta, they should know she is their daughter .

tunde1200:
IPObidient want to drag Beta, they should know she is their daughter .

SHAMEFUL PEOPLE WITH HATE IN THERE HEART

If she likes let her come from the 5 south eastern states combined, we will still drag her, you guys think we are like you people who Tinubu because of tribe despite all the red flags and his current performance ?

No, we don't do dirty tribalism, you want to force us to do it, we won't, sorry...

Padipadi govt
Confucius will be green with envy

Let me hear wat statehouse mouthpiece ngelere n the EFCC will say about it...

SmartPolician:
E no go beta for people wey sell their votes to these crooks in power to make this country a bigger mess

Keep wailing all yea bad belle disciplines of Gringory Obi.

valentineuwakwe:
Let me hear wat statehouse mouthpiece ngelere n the EFCC will say about it...

Which ear u wan take hear? No go collapse on top waiting o, bad belle disillusioned losers wan imagine accusation wey no exist.

You go wait, you go tire for yourself.

Kukutenla:

Padipadi govt
Confucius will be green with envy

Na so, dey deceive yourself because you be chinese abi?

Confucius said indeed.

Kobojunkie:
Just so you all know, as far as the Constitution of Nigeria, ministers do not enjoy immunity at all. Only the President, Vice-President, Governors, and deputy Governors have immunity. So, there is nothing stopping anyone from bringing charges against the woman for even the past crimes she committed before she was made a minister. If EFCC fails to go after her, citizens can do it themselves.

Stop chasing shadows for crying out loud.

blacknp:
Stop chasing shadows for crying out loud.

Telling you that your very Constitution empowers citizens with the right to sue her in criminal court amounts to my chasing of shadows?

Suspension has timeline na...you either prosecute her, or let her continue her job.

Maybe the investigation has been stepped aside by Oga at the top.

Kobojunkie:
Where EFCC fails to go after her, the people can call for her removal and prosecution for crimes. This woman's fraudulent past can still be used against her.

You will be required to show cause before prosecuting...and burden of proof is upon whoever alleges.

Do we have access to verifiable information?

It's a road that leads nowhere.

derico:
■ You will be required to show cause before prosecuting...and burden of proof is upon whoever alleges.
Do we have access to verifiable information? It's a road that leads nowhere.

From what I heard, some people were unable to get funds they were empowered to receive by the Government because of her shenanigans. They can sue her for just it and go from there to find out how they can still access the funds they were rightly meant to receive.

Kobojunkie:
Just so you all know, as far as the Constitution of Nigeria, ministers do not enjoy immunity at all. Only the President, Vice-President, Governors, and deputy Governors have immunity. So, there is nothing stopping anyone from bringing charges against the woman for even the past crimes she committed before she was made a minister. If EFCC fails to go after her, citizens can do it themselves.

The Atorney General and the EFCC are the ones empowered to take government officials to court for crimes and corruption, not private citizens.

Section 174 (1) of the Nigerian constitution (1999 as amended) explicitly gives the attorney general this power. The AG takes over, investigates and prosecutes

Section 211 of the constitution (1999 as amended) also gives the EFCC power to investigate and prosecute

Private citizens can report cases but not prosecute.

In fact, even when a private citizen brings forward a criminal case committed against them, the state takes it over, so it becomes State of XYZ vs the Defendant

givedemwotowoto:
■ The Atorney General and the EFCC are the ones empowered to take government officials to court for crimes and corruption, not private citizens.
Section 174 (1) of the Nigerian constitution (1999 as amended) explicitly gives the attorney general this power. The AG takes over, investigates and prosecutes
Section 211 of the constitution (1999 as amended) also gives the EFCC power to investigate and prosecute
■ Private citizens can report cases but not prosecute. Even when a private citizen brings forward a criminal case committed against them, the state takes it over, so it becomes State of XYZ vs the Defendant

1. Both sections 174 and 211 do not state any of what you claim regarding the Attorney General and the EFCC being the only ones empowered to sue Government officials. Read through each of the sections to see this for yourself.

2. Private citizens are allowed to sue in either civil or criminal court any official except the President, Vice President, Governors, and Deputy Governors. That is instead what the Constitution states in Section 308.

ShinnBet:
Beta Edu is from Anambra .

Her father is from Anambra and not Cross River.


Her mother is from Cross River and her estranged husband whom she has since divorced and whose name she is still using is from Cross River.

She was never supposed to take the ministerial slot for Cross River just as the then Governor Ayade who nominated her for the position refused to acknowledge the nomination of a long standing jurist as the State Chief Justice all because she was not from Cross River but only married to a Cross Riverian.

So if the IPObidient want to drag Beta, they should know she is their daughter .

And who cares where she comes from? If she needs to be dragged then she should be dragged like tiger gen. This is the problem with you guys in this country, too tribalistic.

ShinnBet:
Beta Edu is from Anambra .

Her father is from Anambra and not Cross River.


Her mother is from Cross River and her estranged husband whom she has since divorced and whose name she is still using is from Cross River.

She was never supposed to take the ministerial slot for Cross River just as the then Governor Ayade who nominated her for the position refused to acknowledge the nomination of a long standing jurist as the State Chief Justice all because she was not from Cross River but only married to a Cross Riverian.

So if the IPObidient want to drag Beta, they should know she is their daughter .

A thief is a thief irrespective of her state. I am igbo and I stand by what I say and many igbos wouldn't say otherwise likewise.

She can not come back...forget all this yeye stories making rounds.