The State Criminal Investigation Department of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command is currently probing the alleged poisoning of the Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, who has been hospitalised for over a week.
The FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, revealed the development on Tuesday during an interview with our correspondent.
“The General Investigation Department of the State CID is investigating the matter, and the details of the investigation will be communicated by the FCT Command to the public soon,” Adeh said.
The PUNCH reports that Ade-John, 60, who was appointed as a minister by President Bola Tinubu in August and touted as one of the few cabinet members appointed from outside the political beltway, has been hospitalised in Abuja after allegedly suffering acute poisoning from an unknown origin.
According to family sources familiar with the matter, she was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, shortly after she started manifesting symptoms of poisoning.
Though the specifics as to what substance she ingested and how could not be immediately established, the career banker and tech investor, however, was on a machine to aid her breathing.
Officials at the FMC could not be reached as they did not respond to phone calls and text messages from our correspondents.
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