The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is set to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama on Thursday.
Sirika, a minister in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, would be arraigned on a six –count amended charge.
He will be arraigned alongside three others, including his daughter, Fatima; Jalal Hamma and Al-Duraq Investment Ltd, for abuse of office to the tune of N2.7 billion.
As part of EFCC investigations into the financial malfeasance allegedly committed by the former minister, “including fraudulent contracts awarded by the Ministry under his watch”, Sirika was invited by the Abuja Zonal Command of the Commission on the alleged contract malfeasance and was promptly interrogated and detained at the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the Commission.
Asource in the EFCC who pleaded anonymity, told journalists that the EFCC had been investigating the alleged contract frauds while the minister was in office.
