Missing N31 Million: Katsina Govt, Police Take Action Against State Officials
- Police have arrested some officials of the Katsina state Government House over the theft of N31 million from the Governor's office
- The arrest of the officials was carried out on Friday, August 12m after the money was said to have gone missing on Sunday, August 7
- Sources within the governor's office said while it is not yet clear who stole the money, the image of a yet-to-be-identified man was captured by the CCTV in the governor's office
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Following reports that N31 million was stolen from the governor's office in Katsina state, officials of the state have been arrested by Nigeria police and placed under custody.
The Punch reports that the officials were arrested and taken in for questioning by the police over the fund that was said to have gone missing on Sunday, August 7.
Source: UGC
Although Al-Amin Isah, the director-general of new media to Governor Aminu Masari, said he was not aware of the missing funds, sources said the N31 million was taken away from the office when it was raining.
Speaking to journalists on the incident, Isah said an investigation on the missing money is currently ongoing.
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His words:
"Those suspected to be involved have been arrested by the police. An investigation has already commenced. But, I don’t know the amount alleged to have been stolen.”
In addition, a source who spoke on the matter confirmed that the image of a man who stole the money was captured by the Closed Circuit Camera installed at the Financial Controller’s office at the governor’s office.
The source said:
“The thief was seen on the CCTV at the Financial Controller office. He entered the office through the window. He was also seen leaving the office with a large sack which he kept the money inside.”
ICPC finds N540 million in account of primary school teacher with N76K salary, court makes strong decision
A primary school teacher was made to forfeit millions of naira found in her bank accounts by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.
The commission had said that it found a total of N540 million in the account of the teacher whose salary is a mere N76,000.
According to ICPC, Egbuha worked with some individuals and a private-owned company to divert the proceeds of the crime after she was caught.
Trouble for school children as Abia teachers begin indefinite strike over non-payment of salaries, others
School teachers in Abia state had taken a firm decision to embark on strike action over the government's inability to treat them fairly.
The teachers accused the Abia state government of owing them several months of salary arrears and their entitlements.
For their leave allowances, the teachers said the last time they received such payments was in 2008.
Among other demands made by the teachers is the improvement of the learning environment for school children in the state.
Source: Legit.ng
