By OBIASOGU DAVID
The unmasking of the tactical sabotage against JAMB candidates from the South East may be the smoke that pulled its sin-vault, but JAMB has been a bundle of atrocities since 2016.
As the saying goes, “Nigeria is a weapon fashioned against itself and its people.”
The deliberate corrupt practices of those in positions of authority directly inflict deep-wound injuries in the soul and unity of Nigeria. This includes the nepotism in JAMB.
On the 20th of August, 2021, a crass abuse of office and grand corruption happened in JAMB, and the incident was pressed to quietness.
Prof Ishaq Oloyede had completed his 5-year tenure as JAMB Registrar and was headed for a compulsory exit.
On August 2nd, 2021, a handover ceremony held. He formally handed over to the then Director, Information Technology Services, *Dr. Fabian O. Okoro*, who was the most senior management staff of JAMB.
The staff of the board had sent him farewell wishes, and everyone moved on.
But in an abrupt twist, about two weeks later, an absurd permutation recalibrated the system, and Prof Oloyede was sneaked back into office.
Bubari dismissed Dr Fabian Okoro and brought back Prof Oloyede, a man who had served for 5 years and didn’t record good success.
Prof Oloyede’s return was said to have been orchestrated by his ally and fellow radical Muslim faithful, Adamu Adamu, former Minister for Education.
Buhari didn’t hesitate to approve learning that Prof Oloyede is a devout Muslim and Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence.
The appointment letter dropped on August 19th, secretly and unscrupulously. The move caused disaffection in the ranks of JAMB leadership and it was a matter of time before the cracks began to show.
Allegations of wanton corruption, reckless abuse of office, and nepotism surged.
Some of such allegations came from Mr Yisa Usman, the then Deputy Director of JAMB.
Recently, he exposed how Prof Oloyede oversaw a history of corruption and abuse of office, especially in his illicit second term.
Of course, Mr Usman was punished for revealing the truth.
Prof Oloyede sacked him.
Dr Fabian Okoro was demoted and redeployed to the IT Services unit of JAMB and has remained without promotion.
Recently, the Prof Oloyede-led Board replaced Fabian Okoro with Mrs F.F. B-Usman as the Director IT Services.
The appointment caused rancour in the ranks of the Board, too. Many viewed it as nepotistic because Mrs Usman and Prof Oloyede are both tribespeople and of the same religious faith.
But, of course, Oloyede cares less, not when he’s already seen as a tribal and religious bigot.
Mrs Bunmi Usman would go on to oversee a tactical sabotage against JAMB candidates who hailed from the South East extraction.
JAMB IT services, which she managed, failed to function for centres only in the South East, in such a fashion that smelt dubious and calculated wreck.
It has become obvious that Prof Oloyede’s uncustomary return as JAMB Registrar, after his tenure expired and he bowed out, was a staged stunt born out of nepotism and deep-end corruption, the vices that reflect Nigeria’s nature.
And refusing Fabian Okoro, an Igbo man, the opportunity of rightful promotion bares the depth of injustice against the Igbo tribe.
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