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Based on public statements from ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐ข๐๐ผ in May 2026, the University says it uncovered a fee payment fraud involving about ๐ก๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ณ.๐ฑ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป affecting 320 students.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ:
1. ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ
The ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ named ๐ข๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ, described as an ๐๐น๐๐บ๐ป๐ฎ of the ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ who was later employed in the ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐. She resigned in April 2025.ย
The ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ alleges she received ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ into her ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ and ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ on the ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น without the ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐.
2. ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
The Audit reportedly found:
๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ and ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ who acted as ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ to recruit other ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ into the Scheme.
๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป working at the ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐๐ผ, also indicted as an agent.ย
The University said Students were lured with offers of discounted Fees/Commission.ย
3. Current status
The Principal Suspect is under Police Investigation for possible Prosecution.
Affected Students and Student Agents are to face the Studentsโ Disciplinary Committee.
Implicated Staff will face the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee.ย
This is based on the University’s Internal Audit and Public Statement.
Police investigation is ongoing, and the allegations have not resulted in court convictions yet.ย
Hereโs the Press Statement text as released by Achievers University Owoย
ACHIEVERS UNIVERSITY, OWO
COMMUNITY ON THE STUDENTS PAYMENT FRAUD
1. Recall that on 14th April, 2026, I informed the University Community of a disturbing discovery of a fraudulent hacking of our Students’ Fees Payment Portal in order to defraud the University. I also informed you of the Students Fees Payment Audit Exercise which required every student to appear before an Investigative Committee. The arduous exercise for our current students was concluded on Friday 22nd May, 2026.
2. The exercise has revealed the following:
The fraud was master-minded by one Olanike Mary Asabia, an Alumnus of the Department of Accounting of our University, who was later employed to work at the University Bursary. She resigned from the services of the University in April 2025.
The ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ affected three academic sessions: 2023/2024, 2024/2025, and 2025/2026 Academic Sessions.
320 Students paid a total sum of N457,508,645.00 School Fees into the Personal Account of the said Olanike Mary Asabia, who in turn fraudulently cleared such students on the Portal without the University receiving the money. Many of the students were lured to pay into her account by offer of Discounted Fees/Commission.
11 Members of Staff and 34 Students were used as Agents of the said ๐ข๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ to โRecruitโ Students for the Fraudulent Activities.
One External Person working at Federal Medical Centre, Owo was also indicted as having served as Agent of the fraudulent activities.
3. The affected Students have been directed to pay their full fees into the University Accounts as officially provided. This must be done promptly with the usual penalties for late payment of School Fees.
4. All the 320 indicted students, and the 6 students that acted as ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ will be made to face the ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ to further explain to the ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ what motivated them to disregard the well laid down fees payment procedures.
5. The ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ is currently under Police investigation for possible prosecution.
ย ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐ผ๐ง๐๐ข๐ช, ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐พ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ง.
