The embattled former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has spent his second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering probe. This was as the anti-graft commission began a probe into the alleged fraud involved in the botched Nigeria Air project. Top EFCC sources privy to the interrogation but were not authorised to speak publicly, confirmed that the EFCC interrogators grilled Sirika over the botched Nigeria Air project that has stirred controversy across the country. “The interrogators are also probing Mr Sirika over the controversial Nigeria Air project that failed.
Though the commission is yet to uncover the total amount that was expended on the project, however, investigation is ongoing, and Sirika would be arraigned in court next week as charges are being prepared against him,” a source revealed. The EFCC had earlier uncovered how the Aviation Ministry under Mr Sirika allegedly awarded several fraudulent contracts to two different companies, one of which belongs to his younger brother, Abubakar Sirika. The indicted former Minister of Aviation arrived at the FCT Command of the EFCC at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday.
