A
committee set up by the Federal Government to probe contracts awarded by the
Office of the National Security Adviser from 2011 to 2015 has indicted more
than 300 companies and prominent citizens, including serving and retired
officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
The
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
stated this in a statement on Thursday.
Shehu
explained that the committee was different from the committee investigating the
Defence Arms and Equipment Procurement.
He
said over N7bn had been recovered so far from the indicted companies and
individuals.
Shehu,
however, did not give the breakdown of how much each company or individual
returned.
He
said N41bn was to be returned by the indicted companies, adding that the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had been ordered to determine whether
another N75bn should be recovered from some of the companies for
unexecuted or partially-executed contracts.
According
to him, the committee further established that one of the indicted companies,
Societe D’Equipment International, was overpaid to the tune of 7.9m Euros and
$7.09m (about N3.15bn).
He
added that the committee discovered that there was a total disregard for
salient provisions of the Public Procurement Act in the award of contracts by
ONSA.
Shehu
said, “Several contractors were apparently overpaid, while others were given
full upfront payments contrary to their contract terms and agreements in force.
“There
was also evidence of payments to individuals and companies by ONSA without any
contractual agreement or evidence of jobs executed.
“The
committee further discovered that some companies failed to meet up with their
tax obligations for contracts executed.
“The
committee has made attempts and succeeded in recovering some of the funds from
these individuals and organisations amounting to N3,537,549,223.04; $8m and
houses worth N512m from 32 companies.
“The
committee also established that some individuals and companies received monies
without evidence of contractual agreements or jobs done. The amount received by
these individuals was N7,104,925,000.00.
“In
a similar vein, the committee revealed that some companies that failed to
execute contracts or did so partially were to return money to the government.
The total amount to be is N19,896,539,125.20 only, $43,771,433.73 and two
houses in Abuja worth N260,000,000.00.
“The
committee also revealed that 15 companies were awarded contracts that require
further investigation to ascertain the status of their contracts. The total
value of the contracts awarded in this category was N11,726,571,161.00,
$202,136,890.00 and €4,114,752.96.”
The
presidential spokesperson stated that companies that failed to execute
contracts or did so partially included Daar Investment and Holdings
Limited; Dalhatu Investment Limited; Destra Investment Limited; NAF
Holding Company Limited; BCN Nigeria Limited; Elizade Nigeria Limited; Hadassa
Investment and Security; RCN Networks Limited; Julius Berger; and
Stallion Motors Limited.
These
companies, he said, had been asked to return undisclosed amount of money.
The
presidential spokesman also listed some of the individuals and companies that
were indicted for receiving payments without contractual agreements to
include the former Principal General Staff Officer at the ONSA and still a
serving military officer, Brig. Gen. A.S. Mormoni-Bashir; Dr. Yakubu Sanky; a
Director in the ONSA, Amb. Layiwola Laseinde; a former NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki
(retd.); Special Adviser to Dasuki, Col. Bello Fadile (retd.); a former
Accountant- General of the Federation, Mr. Otunla Jonah Niyi; and a former
Minister of State for Finance, Alhaji Bashir Yuguda.
Others
are Dr. Tunji Olagunju, Miss Oluwatoyin Oluwagbayi, Maipata Mohammed Abubakar,
Mohammed
Suleiman, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Alhaji Aliyu Usman and 18 other officers that
served in the ONSA.
Those indicted for receiving payments without
contractual agreements
Bello
Matawalle
Brig.
Gen. A.S. Mormoni-Bashir
Alhaji
Umar Sani
Dr.
Yakubu Sanky
Baba
Bala; Ambassador Clement Layiwola Laseinde
Alhaji
Shuaibu Salisu
Col.
Bello Fadile (retd.)
Mr.
Otunla Jonah Niyi.
Otunba
Adelakun.
Alhaji
Bashir Yaguda.
Dr.
Tunji Olagunju.
Miss
Oluwatoyin Oluwagbayi.
Lt.
Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)
Maipata
M. Abubakar.
Mohammed
Suleiman
Ibrahim
Abdullahi
Alhaji
Aliyu Usman.
18
other officers that served in the ONSA.
Companies that failed to execute contracts or did so
partially
Hatman
Ltd.
Abuja
Consulting Ltd.
Afro-Arab
Investment.
Agbede
A. Adeshina and Co.
Aleppo
Systems Nigeria Ltd.
Amp
Africa Holdings and Solar Services.
Apple
Drops Nigeria Limited
Apt
Security Ltd.
Autoforms
Integrated Enterprises Ltd.
Axis
Consulting Services Ltd
Belsha
Nigeria Limited.
Community
Defence Law Foundation
Complus
International Service Ltd.
Cosse
Ltd.
Daar
Investment and Holdings Ltd.
Dalhatu
Investment Ltd.
Destra
Investment Ltd.
Development
Strategies International Ltd.
DFX/White
Zebu BDC
Duchy
Concepts Ltd.
Fara
Security Ltd.
Fimex
Gilt Nigeria Ltd.
First
Aralac Global Ltd.
Fix-HYL
Global Investment
Good
Year Properties Ltd.
Image
Merchant Promotions Ltd.
Interglobal
Ltd.
Jos
Peace Dialogue Forum
Kakatar
Ltd.
Leaderette
Nigeria/Norden Global
London
Advertising Ltd.
Mithra
Oil Ltd.
NigerLink
BOG (Under Musaco Investment)
Iban
Global (Under Musaco Investment)
Musaco
Investment (Bank Charges)
Mystrose
Ltd.
NAF
Holding Company Ltd.
Peach
Tree Communications Ltd.
Perception
BDC
Pioneer
Ventures
Proptex
Nigerian Ltd.
Prosedec
Interglobal Ltd.
Real
Property Investment Ltd.
Sinash
Communications Ltd.
Skytick
International Ltd.
Soject
Nigeria Ltd.
StellaVera
Development Company Ltd.
Teracon
AG SWISS BASED.
Wehsec
Farms Ltd.
African
Cable Television Ltd.
BCN
Nigeria Ltd.
Brains
and Hammers
Concept
Options Ultimate Ltd.
Elizade
Nigeria Ltd.
Emerging
Platforms Ltd.
EMI
System Nigeria Ltd.
Hadassa
Investment and Security
Kala
Consulting Solutions Ltd.
Pioneer
Ventures.
Nan
Bizcom Nigeria Ltd.
Nerres
Ltd.
Plectrum
Consulting Ltd.
Protech
Consultant
Summit
Publications Ltd.
Telios
Development Ltd.
Urban
Abode Nigeria Ltd.
RCN
Networks Ltd.
Sail
International Ltd.
Suburban
Broadway Ltd.
Geronimo
Middle East and Africa.
Julius
Berger
Romgat
Morgan Nigeria Ltd.
Stallion
Motors Ltd.
Firms investigated by the committee
Abrahams
Telecommunication Ltd. and Value Trust Investment Ltd.
Bilal
Turnkey Contractors Ltd.
Circular
Automobile Ltd.
Continental
Project Associates Ltd.
Da’voice
Network Solutions Ltd.
Foretech
Investment Ltd.
Forts
and Sheild Ltd.
GDP
Associated Ltd.
Hakimco
Automobiles
Hamada
Properties and Investment Ltd.
International
Resources Management Company
Investment
Options Ltd.
Jakadiya
Picture Company Ltd.
JBE
Multimedia Investment Ltd.
Kamala
Motors Ltd.
Key
Information Services Ltd.
Leeman
Communications Ltd.
MCAF
Associates
Moortown
Global Investment
Syntec
Nigeria Ltd.
Trafiga
Ltd.
Trim
Communications Ltd.
Securicor
Emergency and Safety
Sologic
Integrated Services Ltd.
Wada
Autos Ltd.
Zukhruf
Nigeria Ltd.
2020
Nigeria Ltd.
A
and B Associates Ltd.
Firms to be further investigated
2020
Nigeria Ltd.
Acacia
Holdings Ltd.
Africair
Incorporated US Company.
Augusta
Westland Ltd.
Almond
Project Ltd.
Bam
Project and Properties.
Bob
Oshodin Organisation Ltd.
Coral
Builders Ltd.
Dan
Clington Nigeria Ltd.
Law
Partners and Associates
Magnificient
5 ventures Ltd.
MPS
Global Services Ltd.
One
plus Holdings Nigeria Ltd.
Quadsix
Nigeria Ltd.
Reliance
Reference Hospitals.
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