On Friday, July 14, 2017, Kogi State government announced
that it had uncovered an N8.4 billion fraud at the Kogi State
University.
Kingsley
Fanwo, the Director-General, Media and Publicity to the state governor
said that three suspects had been arrested in connection with the
fraud.
"The
suspects perpetrated the fraud by including names of ghost workers into
the payroll of the institution. The suspects work in the accounts
department of the school and committed the fraud by stealing N100
million per month over a period of seven years,” Fanwo said in a
briefing.
He
said that the fraud was discovered during the just concluded staff
screening exercise. Fanwo said that the suspects had been handed over
to the police for investigation and prosecution.
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