N165bn Loot: Investigate Hadiza Bala Usman – Reps Minority Caucus To EFCC

Hadiza Bala Usman
The Minority Caucus of the Nigerian House of Representative has asked the anti-graft commission EFCC to probe the suspended Nigerian Ports Authority NPA’s Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman.
Recall that President Buhari had on suspended Mrs Bala Usman, whom he had reappointed for a second 5 year tenure as the head of the port in January following the expiration of the first appointment in 2016.N165bn Loot: Investigate Hadiza Bala Usman - Reps Minority Caucus To EFCC
In a statement sent out by the President’s official spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the President was said to have approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation to set up a panel of inquiry to investigate the management of the Port.
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The Minority Caucus in a statement signed today, Monday, by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Honourable Ndudi Elumelu, insisted that such huge economic crime against the nation should not be left to an administrative panel of enquiry, but committed to an anti-graft agency for an independent investigation.N165bn Loot: Investigate Hadiza Bala Usman - Reps Minority Caucus To EFCC
“Our Caucus holds that the mere suspension of the indicted Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, and the resort to an administrative panel of enquiry even after the report by the Supervising Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, exposed an unremitted and possibly diverted operating surplus of N165 billion, amounts romancing and perfuming corruption by the APC-led Federal Government”, the statement read in part.
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“The Minority Caucus also believes that the recourse to an administrative instead of a full-scale criminal investigation can only serve as a decoy to shield some other APC government officials involved in the looting spree at NPA and other affiliated agencies in the transport sector. Our Caucus therefore ask the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately take in the indicted Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman, and commence a system-wide investigation with a view to prosecuting her, if found wanting”, the statement added.
N165bn Loot: Investigate Hadiza Bala Usman - Reps Minority Caucus To EFCC
The embattled Hadiza Bala Usman
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