Taraba Finance Commissioner in Fresh Scandal as Suspect Caught Writing ICAN Exam on Her Behalf

A major scandal is brewing in Taraba State following the emergence of a damning video showing a woman caught impersonating during the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) examination allegedly on behalf of the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Sarah Enoch Adi.

An exclusive video obtained by reporters reveals the moment exam supervisors confronted the suspect, who identified herself in the footage as Leavitt Felix.

“In the recording, exam supervisors question the suspect, who identified herself in the footage as Leavitt Felix.”

The supervisors disclosed that official records tied the examination entry to Sarah Enoch Adi, confirming that Felix was writing the professional test in her stead. A source privy to the records also corroborated to reporters that the commissioner outsourced the exam to Felix.

“In the video, the suspect confirmed ‘Sarah Enoch Adi’ as the person on whose behalf she was sitting the exam. When asked to state her own name, she responded: ‘Leavitt Felix.’”

When pressed on her presence in the examination hall, the suspect gave a terse answer: “Sarah.” One of the supervisors then demanded further clarification: “Mention it louder; you’re writing for Sarah Adi, right? Who is she?” Another examiner added: “She has mentioned it. She said Sarah Enoch Adi.”

The supervisors went further to highlight discrepancies between Felix’s responses and the information in their system, stressing that her claims did not align with official records.

One exam officer explained: *“Who is the person? Where does the person work? Where does the person work? You told me earlier when we were talking. I was trying to confirm your information, you said you work in Ministry of Finance. So, most likely, you mentioned the person’s office.

“Am I correct? So, who now works at Ministry of Finance? So, who was it you linked to the Ministry of Finance?”*

But when the suspect denied knowledge, the officer replied: *“Do you know that what you are telling me is not true? Because what you told me, I confirmed. Oh, when she mentioned it, I checked on her CRM from office, and I confirmed the address to be the address of the person who sent her. Because when she mentioned it, I confirmed, okay, fine, good.

“Before I asked you a question, you saw me going to open my system. I have looked using the student’s registration number. I have the person’s data, everything you were confirming, and that was why I knew.

“As you mentioned, I asked you for the phone number, I asked you when you registered, and everything you gave me didn’t match what is on the record in my system.”*

In a bid to absolve herself, Felix claimed she did not know the commissioner personally, insisting that she was contracted by someone she only identified as Joshua.

“So, you don’t personally know the person. So, who contracted you? Just feel free,” one of the exam officers asked. Felix again repeated ‘Joshua’, but admitted she did not know his surname or workplace.

The supervisors in the footage warned that the matter would be escalated to law enforcement agencies if Felix failed to provide full details.

“All the information we are getting here… we are going to get some double information from the police,” one supervisor stated. “We want to make it easy. So, if you give us the information, you just go. There is no need to waste our time.”

This latest controversy comes amid mounting calls for Governor Agbu Kefas to sack both the state’s Accountant General, Mr. Gauis Danjuma, and the Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Adi, over alleged irregularities in the biometric verification of civil servants.

In August, striking workers accused the Finance Ministry of removing more than 7,000 names, including senior officials, from the state’s payroll under the exercise supervised by Adi. They demanded competent replacements to restore trust in the system.

In June 2025, the Taraba government, through the Office of the Accountant General and under Adi’s supervision, conducted a biometric verification exercise that controversially declared thousands of workers as “ghost employees.”

Profile of the Embattled Commissioner:

According to the Forum of Commissioners of Finance in Nigeria, Adi was born on April 9, 1973, in Wukari, Taraba State, and has multiple academic qualifications, including a Doctorate in Accounting from Nasarawa State University, Keffi (2023), a Master’s in Banking and Finance from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (2011), and diplomas from Plateau and Kaduna Polytechnics.

She was appointed Commissioner for Finance, Budget, and Economic Planning in August 2023 by Governor Agbu Kefas, a position she still holds.

Now, with the ICAN impersonation scandal rocking her office, pressure is expected to intensify on the governor to take decisive action against her.