Eniola Akinkuotu and Olaleye Aluko
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on
Sunday that it had suspended its employee , Philomina
Chieshe, on account of N 36 m which was reported to have
been swallowed by a snake in the board ’s office in Makurdi ,
Benue State.
The JAMB Head of Information , Fabian Benjamin , told our
correspondent on Sunday that the board was taking her
through other disciplinary measures while security agencies
were investigating the matter.
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Benjamin said , “ She has been suspended and she is going
through all other disciplinary procedures while investigation
is ongoing on the matter. Her claim was that a snake came
into the office and swallowed the N 36 m proceeds .”
It was learnt that Chieshe explained in her statement that a
“ mystery snake ” sneaked into JAMB accounts office and
made away with the N 36 m cash .
The money was said to be from the purchases of scratch
cards from JAMB state offices and other designated centres.
A team of auditors was said to have been dispatched to
different state offices of JAMB to take inventory of sold and
unsold scratch cards and recover the generated money.
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The woman reportedly told the team that she could not
account for N 36 m made in the previous years before the
abolition of scratch cards.
However , in the course of interrogation, Chieshe reportedly
changed the narrative, saying that it was her housemaid
who connived with another woman , Joan Asen , to
“ spiritually steal the money” from the vault in the accounts
office .