Investigations have commenced into how N26 million registration fees paid by 1,128 students through bank, failed to appear in the Federal College of Education (FCE), Zaria bank account.

According to NAN, the affected students believed it was planned by the banks and the institution.

One of them said, “I personally paid my money in the bank’s main branch in Sabongari, but to my greatest dismay, they said my money did not drop into the FCE account,” one student said.

“As I am talking to you now, my name is not captured as a registered students and I am not the only person affected.

“Over 1,000 students are now facing similar problem, and all categories of students are affected.”

The institution’s registrar, Jibril Lawal confirmed the incident but denied that the institution connived with the banks.

“The management had constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the College Bursar, Mohammed Sani-Uwais, to thoroughly investigate the mater and report back to the management,” he said.

The bursar, Mohammed Sani-Uwais confirmed that the institution and the police have started investigations into the incident.

“This is a serious issue, as such, we reported the case to the police and police advised us to come back and set up an investigation committee to investigate the matter, which we did.

“We have gone a long way in discharging our responsibilities.

“When a student appear before us, we ask him how did you make the payment, whom did you pay to, can you identify him?

“We want to establish where the problem is and also who and who are involved in the shoddy deal and report back to the management for further action,” the bursar said.

Kaduna State Police Command, Aliyu Usman confirmed the case, revealing that one of the suspects has been arrested.

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