According to sources at the EFCC, investigations into Ms. Mayshak revealed that she misappropriated roughly N2b from the pension accounts of the Head of the Civil Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Customs Service, and Nigeria Prisons Service.
The former Minister is currently on bail, along with her mother, Beatrice Agama, her son, Ugonna Madueke, her friend Melanie Spencer, wife of Ghanaian oil tycoon Kevin Okyere, and one of her siblings.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday morning slammed a fresh two-count charge on the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, over an alleged attempt by the politician to destroy a confessional statement made to its operatives.
On Sunday, security forces in Burkina Faso were actively searching for any surviving gunmen responsible for an attack on a hotel which left at least 29 people dead.