The EFCC during its investigation discovered that the former minister had opened the account in her maid’s name in order to cover her corruption tracks.
TheNation reports that further investigations into the account revealed that the ex-minister is the sole signatory to the account.
Speaking on the discovery, a source within the anti-graft agency said: “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.
“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.”
With files from Herald NG
