The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has urged Nigerians not to jump to conclusions on the allegations of corruption against the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Betta Edu.
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, who is the chairperson of the PGF – the umbrella body of serving All Progressives Congress (APC) state governors, addressed journalists after a meeting of the forum in Abuja early Thursday.
Speaking for the forum, Mr Uzodinma urged Nigerians to wait till the end of the ongoing investigations before concluding the allegations.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported Mr Uzodinma as saying that the functions of government included encouraging good things and good appointees and discouraging bad things and bad appointees, the case against Ms Edu was just an allegation.
“And in the wisdom of the president, she is being investigated. It is after the investigation is concluded and the report made available to the government that it will take a final decision,” he said.
President Bola Tinubu on Monday suspended Ms Edu after some details of suspicious financial contracts and payments approved by her began to spill into the public space.
A notable case is a leaked memo indicating that she recently approved the payment of N585 million in social intervention funds into the private account of a civil servant.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on the directive of the president, has swung into a probe of the allegations. The agency grilled her for hours on Tuesday.
The Imo State governor said Nigerians should not be in a hurry to conclude her case until investigations are over.
NAN
