Court set to arraign 3 over N36m JAMB money “swallowed by snake”
Philomina Chieshe, of the Makurdi office of JAMB, who claimed that a snake swallowed N36m which was part of the proceeds of the sale of scratch cards, is set to be arraigned in court by the EFCC.
Some other officials will be arraigned alongside Chieshe for allegedly diverting nearly N100m belonging to the examinations body.
Also to be arraigned is Chieshe’s coordinator, Mr. Samuel Umoru, who, according to her, instructed her to divert the funds.
Others to be arraigned include Tanko Labaran, the clerk in Nasarawa State office of JAMB who could not account for scratch cards worth N23m; and the officer in charge of the Kano office of the board, Yakubu Jakada, for his inability to account for e-facilities cards valued at N20m sold through an agent in one of the banks.
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, had said JAMB, for the first time, remitted N5bn to the government’s coffers with a promise to pay the balance of N3bn compared to maximum N3m remitted yearly in the last 40 years.
