The Ondo State Government has suspended three senior officials for their alleged roles in a recruitment scam tied to the recent employment of teachers in the state.
News360 Info understands that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa directed the suspension of two directors and a deputy director pending the outcome of an investigation into the scandal.
Findings revealed that the officials allegedly collected between ₦500,000 and ₦700,000 from unsuspecting applicants, depending on their academic qualifications, in exchange for fraudulent appointment letters.
The racket came to light after some individuals staged a protest over their exclusion from the ongoing biometric verification exercise for newly recruited teachers. Investigations later showed that many of the protesters had presented forged appointment documents.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, the government clarified that the aggrieved protesters were not among the over 2,000 teachers legitimately recruited and already deployed across the state.
“The attention of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been drawn to reports of a protest by individuals claiming they were unjustly excluded from the SUBEB recruitment process. To be clear, those protesters were not genuine employees but victims of fraud who were issued fake letters after paying money to scammers,” the statement read.
Adeniyan disclosed that internal investigations confirmed that three officials of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) conspired with external collaborators to issue counterfeit appointment and posting letters to applicants in exchange for money.
“Disciplinary action has already been taken against the three SUBEB insiders found to have conspired with outsiders in defrauding applicants,” Adeniyan added.
