One hundred and twenty teachers in public
secondary schools in Ogun State have been
invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission to answer questions on a N200m
loan they allegedly took from one of the old
generation banks (name withheld) since 2011.

The loan has yet to be repaid.
They will be quizzed today (Monday) at the
anti-graft agency’s Lagos office.
The teachers, our correspondent learnt, were
invited through the state’s Teaching Service
Commission.

The teachers, most of who teach in secondary
schools in Abeokuta South Local Government
Area of the state, allegedly obtained the N200m
loan from the bank since 2011 and defaulted in
repayment.

Our correspondent gathered that the teachers
had denied ever taking any loan from the bank,
arguing that majority of them had no accounts
with the financial institution.

A source in TESCOM who pleaded anonymity
confirmed the invitation by the EFCC but he
maintained that the commission (TESCOM) had
no account with the bank.

The source said the state government had
made available buses and a legal team that
would accompany the teachers to Lagos.
The source said, “The story of the N200m loan
was still a mystery to many of us. We do not
have any account with the bank.

“We have asked the teachers to go and honour
the invitation of the EFCC just to clear their
names. The state government has made
available the buses that will convey them to
Lagos and a legal team that will accompany
them.”

Our correspondent gathered that the affected
teachers had been grouped into six batches,
with the first batch, comprising 20 teachers,
billed to appear before the EFCC on Monday
(today).

They were said to have staged a peaceful
protest on Friday to the Head of Service, Mrs.
Modupe Adekunle, on the matter, stating that
they would not honour the invitation by the
anti-graft agency.

Adekunle was said to have held a meeting with
the teachers’ spokesman, Imam Noah Sodeinde,
on the need for them to honour the EFCC
invitation, despite their claims of innocence.
One of the teachers involved, who craved
anonymity said, “We suspect that a fraud has
been perpetrated somewhere. Many of us don’t
have accounts with the bank, yet they said we
took loans and failed to repay.
“How can that be? Some of the affected
teachers have retired while others are still in
service. EFCC should beam its searchlight on
the bankers.
“This issue has been on for some time. They
(TESCOM) just sent text messages to invite us
recently. They called others on the telephone.
They said we are going to EFCC to respond to
allegation that we took loans and did not repay.
They said they will arrange a bus to carry us to
EFCC.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/efcc-summons-120-ogun-teachers-over-n200m-loan/

hmm

Ghost mode

Apc... 'Change'

Good for them.