Suswam
The Justice Kpojime Judicial Commission of Inquiry has directed a Former Branch Manager of Guarantee Trust Bank PLC Makurdi Miss Aguma Uloko to furnish members of the Commission with details of what she did with the N7 million she collected cash from officials of the Ministry of Finance in August last year latest Tuesday this week.
Chairman of the Commission, Justice Elizabeth Kpojime gave the directive during the testimony of the former bank Manager who admitted that out of N168.6 million naira collected, only seventy million naira was actually signed and collected from Ministry of Finance officials.
Members of the Commission confronted the witness with records showing that on the 11th of August last year, one Abel Musa, a staff of Guarantee Trust Bank signed and collected N16 million cash on Miss Uloko’s behalf.
Also, on the 7th of August last year, the same staff Abel Musa signed and collected N8 million while on September 3 last year, records showed that the branch manager signed and collected N118.8 million from the Ministry of Finance officials for lodgment in the Ministry’s account with the bank.
Miss Uloko however insisted that she signed acknowledgement for receipt of only N70 million naira which she failed to show to the Commission or any record where she deposited the money and asked for more time to do so.
