Breaking:.JAMB Uncovered yet another N26m fraud

Barely one week once the Joint Admissions and matriculation Board (JAMB) uncovered a N36 million fraud allegedly perpetrated by its Benue State sales clerk, Philomena, the board, yesterday, uncovered another fraud of N26 million allegedly perpetrated by its former Nasarawa State coordinator, Tanko.

Tanko was said to have embezzled the money he generated from the sale of scratch cards so far used by candidates to either gain access to the jamb website for registration or alternative services.

JAMB representative, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said in Abuja that the former Nasarawa State coordinator had apologised to the jamb audit team for his inability to account for the money for unknown reasons.

The officer, in his confessional statement, claimed that the unsold scratch cards were burnt when he was involved in a car crash, even as he did not account for those he sold-out before ban was placed on the use of scratch cards in 2016.

Daily Sun, however, gathered that his claims was untrue as the jamb database confirmed that it registered the serial numbers of the scratch cards, that were used by candidates for registration or other processes.

JAMB’s head of media said that the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the police had been invited to help in recovering money allegedly taken by its officials in the Abuja headquarters and the state offices.

He said: “In jamb, we've got nothing to cover. we run an open door system, where the general public should have unshackled access to information, positive or negative, present or past.

“The truth remains that the officer in question in our Benue office and many others found in similar situations in some other states diverted the funds before the coming of Oloyede.

“But, be that as it may, management is working assiduously to arrest and hand over to the suitable quarters this snake that swallowed our N36 million and a host of others still in our system.”

Meanwhile, the suspect who was accused of embezzling N36 million has challenged jamb to make public the result of the investigation they conducted which indicated her.
She was however sad that jamb has been feeding Nigerians with “false” information that has bent her image and reputation with unsubstantiated allegation

“I have challenged them to make public the result of the investigation. that may help the public understand what transpired. “I have received barrage of calls from different people following a newspaper report last saturday that was widely read by Nigerians.

“However, I have been advised by my lawyers to not speak more on the issue till i get hold of outcome of the investigation.”