Police nab Director in Education Ministry for defrauding students, pupils
[From BONIFACE OKORO, Umuahia]
Abia State Police Command has nabbed a Director in the state Ministry of Education identified as Wogu Alozie for allegedly defrauding pupils and students without any approval, with the government warning that corrupt officials in its employ would face the full weight of the law when caught.
Alozie reportedly raised a letter through which he was said to have collected N500 from students and pupils in the primary and secondary schools system of Abia State without the approval of either the Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry.
Chief of Staff to the Governor, Prof. ACB Agbazuere, who exposed this deal in a statement in Umuahia Sunday night, said that Alozie who endorsed the extortion letter to schools on behalf of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry without his consent, has owned up to the evil act.
The Chief of Staff expressed Governor Ikpeazu’s disappointment over the illicit act
Agbazuere’s three-paragraph statement reads: “Abia State Governor, Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, Ph.D. is greatly appalled that one Wogu Alozie, a Director in the Ministry of Education wrote letters to Primary and Secondary Schools in the State, collecting ₦500 from every student without the approval of the Governor.
“The said Wogu Alozie who signed for the Permanent Secretary without the consent of the said Permanent Secretary, has owned up to the illicit act and is presently with the Police to completely unmask the syndicate.
“All those who pad salaries, hide under the cover of government to defraud people or engage in other forms of corruption are advised in their own interest to have a rethink or be prepared taste the sour waters of the law.”
