WATCH: Taraba Commissioner, Access Bank Manager Linked to ICAN Exam Proxy Scandal
The video captured supervisors insisting that records in their system confirmed Felix was not the registered candidate, pointing instead to Adi as the person meant to take the paper
An exclusive video has exposed fresh allegations of examination fraud rocking Taraba State, this time involving both a senior government official and a top banker. WATCH the video here: Taraba Commissioner, Access Bank Manager Linked to ICAN Exam Proxy Scandal
The footage, posted by SaharaReporters, showed a candidate identified as Leavitt Felix caught sitting the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) exam on behalf of the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Sarah Enoch Adi.
In the recording, exam supervisors grilled Felix after she admitted she was writing for Adi. Pressed further, she claimed she had been contracted by one “Joshua”, though she could not provide his surname or details of his workplace.
The video captured supervisors insisting that records in their system confirmed Felix was not the registered candidate, pointing instead to Adi as the person meant to take the paper.
The supervisors threatened to involve the police after her repeated denials, warning that impersonation in a professional exam was a criminal offence.
The scandal adds to mounting controversies around the commissioner, who last month faced calls for her removal from civil servants in Taraba.
Workers had accused her and the state’s Accountant General of mismanaging a biometric verification exercise that removed more than 7,000 names, including senior officials, from the payroll.
In a separate but related case, another video revealed Abraham Moses, who openly confessed to sitting the same ICAN exam on behalf of Martins Emmanuel, the Manager of an Access Bank branch in Taraba State.
Under questioning, Moses admitted he had already written four papers for other candidates before being caught.
Moses told supervisors he was contacted by one Joshua, described as a staff member of a Nigerian British School. When asked why he took the risk, he replied without hesitation: “I am here to write an ICAN exam for Mr. Martins Emmanuel.” He also provided his address in Jalingo and his phone number.
A source later confirmed that Emmanuel was indeed a senior Access Bank official in the state. Attempts to reach the bank’s spokesperson for comment proved unsuccessful at the time of filing this report.
The two incidents have raised fresh concerns about the credibility of professional certification in Nigeria, particularly within ICAN’s processes. With two prominent figures — a commissioner and a bank manager — now linked to proxy exam scandals, questions are mounting over how widespread the malpractice might be and whether those involved will face real consequences.
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