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The suspended National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, who was arrested following her alleged involvement in the diversion of ₦44 billion, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on bail.
Shehu was released on Wednesday night and had been directed to report at the EFCC Headquarters every day while the investigation continued, PUNCH reported.
The NSIPA Coordinator was taken into custody by the anti-graft agency on Tuesday night after she was fired by President Bola Tinubu.
NewsBand gathered that N44 billion was moved out of the NSIPA’s accounts into private and corporate accounts linked to persons serving as proxies without presidential approval.
Meanwhile, her release from EFCC custody was confirmed by the image maker of the commission, Mr Dele Oyewale, during a telephone interview with PUNCH.
He said Shehu has been mandated to meet with EFCC interrogators every day as the investigation continues.
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Oyewale said, “Halima Shehu has been released, but she is still answering our interrogators, and she has been mandated to meet with investigators every day as the investigation is ongoing.
“Concerning reports on the ₦44bn and ₦30bn making the rounds, the commission is still tracing all the suspicious transactions, her agency was under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs too.
“There’s a lot of money involved because the Ministry and agencies are focused on interventions. Hence, we can’t put a figure to all of the transactions now because the commission is still tracing the transactions.”
