Sadiya Umar Farouq, a former minister under the then administration of late President Muhammadu Buhari, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Farouq was the minister of Humanitarian Affairs under that administration in July 2019. She is now wanted for alleged criminal conspiracy, abuse of office, and diversion of public funds. The anti-graft agency posted the wanted notice on its website on Saturday.
According to the EFCC notice, Farouq, 52, is an indigene of Zamfara State, and her last known address is EN 008, Okpo River, off Agulu Street, Maitama, Abuja. The notice, signed by the Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, urged members of the public with information on her whereabouts to contact the commission.
The EFCC notice read, “The public is hereby notified that Sadiya Umar Farouq, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in an alleged case of Criminal Conspiracy, Abuse of Office, Diversion of Public Funds.”
NewsBits recalls that Mamman Saleh, a Minister of Power under that same administration, was last week convicted by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice James Omotosho ordered his arrest for sentencing on May 13, 2026.”
