Investigative department of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, close that top officials of the Joint Admission Matriculations Board, JAMB, allegedly involved in the diversion of more than N8 billion between 2010 and 2015.
Vanguard online news report last night that some of Jambs officials had already been involved by a body set up by the Federal Government to investigate into the finances of JAMB in the last six years as a result of the returns made to the government by the current JAMB board led by Prof Ishaq Oloyede.
According EFCC, he said they have failed to remit the money to the government within the period under review.
The unremitted money includes Value Added Tax and Withholding Tax.
Following the remittance of N7.8 billion to the Federal Government by the Oloyede- led management of the examination body, the government ordered a financial investigation of the accounts of JAMB from 2010 to 2015.
Sources disclose that report of the financial investigation committee was sent to the EFCC some months ago by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeaosun for criminal investigation.
Following the submission of the report, the commission set up a crack investigative panel to review the report and take further investigative steps to bring indicted culprits to book.
According to An EFCC source said: disclose that they are looking at a number of accounts with suspicious inflows and outflow Of money with these period.
“From the out come of the analyses of the accounts, they have figure out a few officers that would assist them with the investigations because money have been traced to their accounts. Very soon, they will be summon for questioning.
Omokoshaban.com learn Among the officers that may be invite for questioning are serving director and a retired director of the examination body.’
In another report, the anti-graft agency is set to prosecute a number of JAMB officials whose the investigation reveal that they involve in the disappearances of revenues from the sale of scratch cards by some of the state offices.
Among the staff that are prone to be arraigned in court any moment from now is an official jamb based in Makurdi, Mrs Philomena Chieshe, who said that snake swallowed N36 million.
The money swallowed by the snake was part of the money meant to proceeds of the sale of scratch cards.
Chieshe, that was arrested by the EFCC, allegedly reveal to the interrogators that the money was collected install mentally from her by her Coordinator, Mr. Samuel Umoru. She also reveal that the coordinator usually order her to withdraw proceeds from the sale of the cards from her account in two banks.
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