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MYSTERY SERPENT: Suspect was diligent until story about snake swallowing N36m JAMB money broke – Co-workers

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Last weekend, a story broke that a mysterious snake had swallowed over N36million belonging to the Benue State office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Makurdi.

While many pondered the veracity of the tale, some believed it was aimed at creating a diversion to shield a fraud.

Meanwhile, Sunday Vanguard investigations have revealed that the tale may have been designed to cover up a fraud in the Board after the immediate past Registrar, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, launched a probe into the finances of JAMB across the 36 states of the federation.

“The missing money was not swallowed by a snake contrary to the story making the rounds in the traditional and social media”, an official in the Makurdi office of JAMB, who chose to remain anonymous, said. “I can take you round our premises and even the toilets to see if there is anything like a snake here. It was a dummy sold to the public by those responsible for what is at best a tale by moonlight”.

Vanguard, February 18, 2018

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