The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has demanded the investigation of suspended Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala -Usman by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged mismanagement of N165 billion.

The Caucus disclosed in a statement signed  by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelut, that such humongous  economic crime against the country must be investigated by an independent anti-graft agency of the government and not an internal administrative panel as presently constituted by the minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi

“Our Caucus holds that the mere suspension of the indicted Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala- Usman, and the resort to an administrative panel of inquiry even after the report by the Supervising Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, exposed an unremitted and possibly diverted operating surplus of N165 billion, amounts romancing and perfuming corruption by the APC-led Federal Government.

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“The Minority Caucus also believes that the recourse to an administrative instead of a full-scale criminal investigation can only serve as a decoy to shield some other APC government officials involved in the looting spree at NPA and other affiliated agencies in the transport sector,” the statement read in part.

Elumelu however, demanded the EFCC to as a matter of urgency begin a wholistic and comprehensive investigation of all the issues raised in the probe with a view of prosecuting the embattled MD if she is found culpable