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Job Racketeering: IPPIS Officer Confesses To Taking Bribe
The second allegation on my subsequent employment to AMCON, that was as a result of her personal favour to me, we were four in number.
The inquiry into suspected job irregularities at the Federal Character Commission has taken a new turn. Haruna Kolo, a previous Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) desk officer, has acknowledged receiving N75 million from individuals under the direction of chairperson Farida Dankaka.
Kolo claimed that he was directed by the FCC chairperson to transfer the funds into his private bank account and deliver cash payments, a process he executed through multiple meetings held at her residence.
Kolo stated that he left his position at the FCC on November 2, 2022, to commence work at the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). However, he continued to receive pay from the FCC on two occasions. He disclosed that he informed the FCC’s human resource officer regarding the payments, and was assured that the matter would be addressed without concern.
According to him, “When she came to Federal Character Commission as the executive chairman, she appointed me as a protocol officer and I carried out my duty diligently.
“On the allegations of job racketeering, the FCC chairman instructed me to liaise with one Mr Shehu, who is a personal driver and PA to Taraba State commissioner.
”As a desk officer, I’m responsible to take whoever is employed to IPPIS for capturing No one can go there without a letter from the chairman or the human resource officer of FCC.
“When she came, she wrote a letter to the Accountant General instructing that no letter from FCC should be honoured except she signs the letter. So, whenever there were new employments, she signs, gives to me and I take to the Accountant General’s Office for capturing.
“Shehu is the one that brought those who paid money to my account for job, some paid N1million, others N1.5 million all to my personal account. She asked me to give cash to her which I did through POS, so there is no evidence of transfer or anything.
“On the allegation of working at seven places, I was never at anytime involved in seven jobs, they are making the allegation, based on assumption.
”The second allegation on my subsequent employment to AMCON, that was as a result of her personal favour to me, we were four in number.”
