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Massive Fraud Uncovered in Kogi State Judiciary .

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The Kogi State High Court has discovered N4.8m in fraud allegedly committed by several state court officials.

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This was revealed in a report filed by the Chairman of the Revenue Task Force, Sunday Paul, to the Acting Chief Judge, Justice Josiah Majebi.

 

 

The task group was established by Justice Majebi to investigate alleged fraudulent acts in income generated by the Kogi State High Court.

 

 

“In a report dated November 9, 2022, and captioned ‘Fraudulent Practice,’ we gathered, among other findings, that in the monthly reconciliation of accounts, the sum of N2.4m said to have been paid into the court’s account was not paid despite evidence of payment showing same ,” Paul said while presenting his recent findings to the Acting Chief Judge.
“On October 28, 2022, N2,400,000 was paid as judgment debt revenue, and a bank teller was submitted as payment documentation.”
On November 7, 2022, I went to the bank to gather bank statements for my monthly reconciliation for October 2022.
Surprisingly, the N2.4 million was not included in the bank statement.

 

 

“We checked the court’s relevant department out of curiosity before returning to the bank, where we confirmed that there were additional such unremitted transactions.” I promptly informed the process unit of the source of the funds. I took a photocopy of the teller to the bank for verification. My investigation showed that the funds were not deposited into the revenue account.
“The stamp on the teller, and the signature on it, were all fake, tallying with those of previous years as an indication of how long the fraud has been perpetrated.”
While responding, Justice Majebi said the matter was already before the police for a thorough investigation.
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