How Govt Workers Stole Their Late Colleague's Money From His Bank Account

The suspects are Nasiru Samaila, Auwal Jibrin (27) staff of the Bauchi State Ministry of Finance, Tijjani Mohammad ( 27) of state low-cost Bauchi; and Faruq Mohammad Nasiru, (19), an IT student from ATAB Abubakar Tatari Polytechnic attached to the Ministry of Finance.

The suspects were arrested following a complaint by one Samira Jibrin, a next of kin to the deceased, one Mr. Jibrin Adamu, of Zalanga, Ganjuwa LGA, who worked with Bauchi State Ministry of Finance until his death on 02/12/2021.

She reported on Tuesday afternoon, September 6, 2022 that she went to process her father's benefit at Bauchi Ministry of Finance but discovered that the benefit of her late father had been processed and withdrawn using forged documents by some persons.

The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Monday, September 12, said preliminary investigation revealed that Samaila conspired with the three other suspects to forge documents, access the sum of N332,000 belonging to the deceased and converted it to their personal use.

"Investigation revealed that the said Nasiru Samaila who utilized his 17yrs experience with the ministry and devised the ill idea of forging documents to claim the deceased's benefit at the expense of the deserving next of kin, got the sum of N212,000.00.

One of the suspects, Auwal Jibril, who is also a serving staff of the said ministry, got the sum of N100,000 as his share, while Tijjani Mohammed, a cybercaf├® operator, and Faruq Mohammed an IT student from Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic attached to the said Ministry, ended up with the sum of N20,000 respectively.
All the suspects confessed to having played an active role in the commission of the crime. The sum of N320,000 has been recovered from the suspects,ÔÇØ the statement read.