EFCC: How N75 million was recovered from ex-minister’s wife
January 27, 2021
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s investigator, Bello Hamma-Adama, on Wednesday, revealed how N75 million was recovered from Halima Tanimu Turaki, wife of a former minister in the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government.
Tanimu Turaki was a minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs between 2013 and 2015 and also served as the supervising minister for the Federal Ministry of Labour between 2014 and 2015.
Mr. Hamma-Adama, the fifth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Mrs. Turaki, made the revelation before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The EFCC had arraigned the former minister (first defendant) alongside his former Special Assistant, Sampson Okpetu (second defendant), and two firms (Samtee Essentials Ltd and Pasco Investment Ltd), on 16 counts of money laundering.