The trial of the former chairperson of the Kwara state Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatimoh Yusuf and two others over alleged bursary fraud...
The trial of the former chairperson of the Kwara state Scholarship Board, Hajia Fatimoh Yusuf and two others over alleged bursary fraud commenced Wednesday at a Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital.Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on the 15th January this year arraigned in court for alleged N50 million fraud.
The charge against them read: “That you, Fatimah Yusuf , Fatai Lamidi and Ajewole Stephen , between the months of November 2018 and May 2019, in Ilorin, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, while acting in those capacities and entrusted with N50m for the payment of 2018 bursary awards to 10,000 students who are indigenes of Kwara state, dishonestly disposed of N6,269,950 out of the above sum in violation of the direction of law prescribing the mode the trust is to be discharged,...
“My Lord, I happened to be a student of the University of Ilorin, my name was shortlisted as one of the beneficiaries of the 2018 bursary award released by the state government. My serial number on the list is 725, but I did not collect the money. Each student was entitled to the sum of five thousand naira, but to my surprise, when I was invited by the EFCC, they confronted me with some documents especially the payment vouchers, I found my name among those that had been paid.
Presiding Judge Sikiru Oyinloye then adjourned the case to 11th of March 2020 for continuation of trial.
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