The special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New
Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has spoken on the mystery snake which purportedly
sneaked into the account office of the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB, in Makurdi, Benue State and swallowed N36m.
Reports had made rounds that an account staff, Joan Asen and a lady outside JAMB allegedly connived to steal the money “spiritually” through a mysterious snake that always crawled into the office to swallow the money from the vault.
While reacting to this development, Ogunlesi on his verified
twitter page threw more light to the amount remitted by JAMB in the
spate of 6years.
According to him, N51million was remitted into federal government
accounts between 2010-2016, yet N36million was found in an office.
He said the report was as a result of auditing being carried out at JAMB state offices.
He wrote “A sales clerk, Philomina Chieshe, told JAMB registrar
and team that she could not account for N36m she made in previous
years… Philomena confessed that it was her housemaid that connived with
JAMB staff to “spiritually” steal the money from the vault in the
accounts office.
“Recall that this same JAMB remitted only about N51 million to Govt Accounts between 2010 and 2016.
“In 2017, under new management appointed in 2016, it remitted
N7.8 Billion. Now that new management is carrying out audits at State
offices, and stories that touch are emerging.”