Chieshe, woman who blamed snake for missing JAMB money charged
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Philomina Chieshe, the official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board in Makurdi, Benue State who claimed that a snake swallowed N35 million in her custody would be arraigned tomorrow by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Philomina Chieshe, the official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board in Makurdi, Benue State who claimed that a snake swallowed N35 million in her custody would be arraigned tomorrow by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Chieshe will be arraigned alongside five others, namely: Samuel Umoru, Yakubu Jekada, Daniel Agbo, Priscilla Ogunsola, and Aliyu Yakubu before Justice Peter Afen of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja.
The money was the proceed of e-JAMB cards sold in the state.
The controversial JAMB official is being prosecuted by the EFCC on an eight-count charge, following her refusal to furnish the management of JAMB the true information on the financial status of JAMB e-cards supplied to the Benue Zonal office between 2014 and 2016.
Chieshe’s action is contrary to Section 139 (a) of the Penal Code Law.
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