Details have emerged on how the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management, Betta Edu watched her sack on ChannelsTV in the Aso Rock Villa, Podium Reporters have revealed.
Earlier on Monday, Edu’s suspension was approved by President Bola Tinubu to pave the way for investigation on alleged misappropriation of funds belonging to the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
According to reports, when Edu got wind of her imminent suspension, she rushed to the Aso Rock Villa with her convoy to see President Tinubu without a prior appointment, but was restricted to the President’s waiting room where she watched as ChannelsTV announced her suspension.
Reports further reveal that when it became apparent that she was not going to see the President, she came outside but found out that her entire security details, who had received signals recalling them to their respective commands following her suspension, and the vehicles that accompanied her convoy were gone.
Additionally, the Villa Access Tag of the embattled Minister was also taken from her by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
It however took the intervention of one of the principal aides to the president, who volunteered to use his vehicle to give Dr. Betta Edu ride out from the villa.
