Gbajabiamila, a brother of the Speaker of the House of Representatives,Femi Gbajabiamila, who has caught the attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been neck deep in large-scale fraud, diversion of public funds and abuse of office.
The phony transaction descriptions he uses daily to make huge cash transfers to the accounts of his lackeys include travelling expenses for oversight visits to the national Assembly, revenue drive, budget defense, inspection of premises, and capital budget monitoring.
Other curious transaction descriptions used as conduit to steal the commission’s cash are travelling expenses for ‘financial records’, payment for annual budget expense and stationery, travelling expenses to ‘resolve PAYE issues’, update IPPS records, oversight working visits, visits to zonal offices, travelling expenses for lottery mapping, sight working visit, stakeholders committee meeting, adult inspection, and compliance survey.
The documents also reveal that most times, in a single day, Gbajabiamila approved the transfer of between N1.5 million and N2.5 million to same individual, same bank more 25 times. For example, between the 22nd of March 2019 and 20th of December 2020, one Oviawe Edwin, T received N58.9 million in 25 instalments of between N2.3 million and N2.5 million, for travelling expenses and working visits. The account credited at Zenith has the number 2007637799 and at GT Bank, 0141566503.
Tunde Ezomon received N37,355, 800 Million in 16 instalments within same period for oversight visit to NASS, inspection of operators’ premises, travelling expenses to Jigawa State for lottery mapping, familiarization and sanitation tour, and what they tag compliance status. Ezomon’s account at Guaranty Trust Bank with number 0215481839 received the cash.
The sum of N32, 023, 400 Million, in 14 transactions, was paid to one Oluwatosin Osayinbola within same period for travelling expenses, for financial record, budget monitoring and to ‘strengthen revenue collection and accounting by MDA’. The account used was at UBA 20617622828, GT Bank, 0022993017.
Other nefarious financial transactions include a curious payment of N19, 375, 900 million, on 18th of December 2020, to one Kabir Abdullahi as payment for ‘computer consumables. He had received same amount on October 24, 2019. On 31st of December 2020, N41, 395, 349 million was paid to Kadel Intra Global Services for what Gbajabiamila tagged ‘Automation of Assets management’. These payments were for non-existent jobs.
Hassana Audu, another crony of the DG received N25, 734, 800 million in 11 transactions for non-existent things like financial management and expenditure workshop, travelling expenses for members house committee on procurement, travelling expenses for revenue drive and trips to Enugu and Awka. The cash was deposited in her account at GT bank with number 0026079913.