S’East youths urge Edu’s fair trial over alleged N585m sleaze

Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Youth Wing has commended President Bola Tinubu for his proactiveness and adherence to rule of law regarding the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu.

At a press conference yesterday, its national youth leader, Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, said: “We also thank him (Tinubu) for setting up a presidential panel to investigate the veracity of the allegations instead of sacking her outright.

“Consequently, we hereby wish to rally support for the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Edu, by calling on Nigerians to allow her fair hearing and let the ongoing investigation run its course without media trial. Nigerians should give her the benefit of the doubt until the series of investigations into her involvement in the alleged N585 million financial wrongdoing has proved her to be complicit.
“Judging by the actions of some persons in the media, it is obvious that there is too much media trial around Dr Edu and those who wanted her out of favour with the Federal Government are sustaining the spins to her disadvantage.

“Media trial is unfair.  An allegation has been levelled against her, and President Tinubu, in his wisdom, had suspended her to allow for transparent and unimpeded investigation.  The best thing to do in this circumstance is to allow the investigation to conclude, instead of crucifying her as if she had been found to be guilty.”