Panic As EFCC Set To Grill JAMB Staff On N8bn Fraud

Information available to NIGERIA NEWS has revealed that there is panic amongst the workers of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) as some of them are already being questioned by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on their knowledge over N8 billion revenue of the board.

According to reports, a top official of the EFCC disclosed that the board withheld an accrued revenue of about N8 billion generated between 2010 and 2015.

The EFCC backing on the report of the audit committee which was made available to them by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun is now inviting those members of staff of the board whose name came up in the report for questioning.

According to the EFCC source: “We are looking at a number of accounts with suspicious inflows and outflows. From the detailed analyses of the accounts, we have identified a few officers that would help our investigations because funds have been traced to their accounts.

“Very soon, we will be inviting them for questioning. Among the officers that we may invite are a serving director and a retired director of the examination body.”

Recalled the Jibu Ojerinde was the boss of the board during the year in question.