The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to begin trial of some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) who stole billions of Nigeria between 2010 and 2016.
Fifteen suspects, including a woman, Philomena Chise, who accused a snake of swallowing N36 million, were said to have taken up to N8.7billion fraudulently from the board.
Chise later confessed to EFCC operatives that the said N36milion was disbursed as an I-Owe-You advance to cash-strapped staff.
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Herald Nigeria gathered that large sums of revenue realised from sales of e-facility cards and change of course cards which ended in private pockets.
“The remittance of over N8billion by Oloyede to the Federal Government as revenue led to the Forensic Investigation of Financial Activities of JAMB between 2010 and 2016 by Faithpro Consulting Auditing Associate (Financial and Management Consultants),” a document on the case says.
“The forensic investigators came up with N8.7billion shortfall within the same period which the EFCC has been investigating. There are about 15 suspects who may face trial in the first batch.”
Some of the states where the fraud was detected include Benue, Nasarawa, Kano, Kogi, Plateau, Gombe, Yobe and Edo.
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