It is no longer news that President Bola Tinubu has asked Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Beta Edu, to resign, but according to an Aso Rock insider, the embattled minister has allegedly started to threaten her colleagues to expose them if she is not reinstated.
Edu who did not find the directive palatable has started blackmailing the Government claiming she gave money to the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila and others in the Presidency from her ministry and she cannot be treated as an outsider.
She also claimed that if the President was not subjected to an investigation by the APC when he was accused of certificate forgery and drug crimes in the U.S. ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections, why should she be investigated and now asked to resign?
The unconfirmed report claims that she is currently using Gbajabiamila, Olubunmi Tunji Ojo and a few persons close to the President to lobby for a soft landing.
More details coming!
Meanwhile, more details have emerged regarding the suspension of the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management, Dr Edu Betta by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pave the way for the investigation of the alleged misappropriation of funds belonging to the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
Exclusive details gathered that when the suspended Minister got wind of her imminent suspension, she rushed down to the Aso Rock villa with her convoy and tried to see the President without a prior appointment.
She was, however, restricted to the President's waiting room where she watched on TV as News Channels announced her suspension.
When it became apparent, that she was not going to see the President, Dr. Edu Betta came outside but found out that her entire security details and vehicles that accompanied her convoy were gone. It was gathered that the security details received signals recalling them to their respective commands following her suspension.
The Villa Access Tag of the embattled Minister was also taken from her by the DSS. It took the intervention of one of the principal aides to the president, who volunteered to use his vehicle to give Dr Betta Edu a ride out from the villa.