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| HAKEEM BELLO-OSAGIE |
…. Allegations Of Corruption Rock Sports Pavilion Project
September 20, (THEWILL) – All is apparently not well in the Hakeem Bello-Osagie
led elitist Kings College Lagos Old Boys Association, THEWILL can report.
Many unsavoury
allegations and counter-allegations are currently being bandied about within
the Association and aggrieved members are gearing up for a show-down at the
Association’s next AGM, scheduled to hold this Sunday, September 23, 3012, at
which many of them intend to demand for an Independent Audit of the
Association’s Finances.
THEWILL gathered
exclusively from sources that members are at daggers drawn over several issues
relating to finances of the Association amongst other issues, particularly the
manner in which a N50 million naira donation from the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) courtesy of Governor of the bank, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, towards the
construction of a sports pavilion in the Lagos Island secondary school was
allegedly misappropriated and siphoned using a shady contractor.
The donation was
made around 2009 during the school’s centenary celebration.
Some members of the
Association, which consists literally of “who is who” in Nigeria’s
socio-economic and political space, are angered by the discovery that bulk of
the N50 million naira donation from the CBN was siphoned by some members of the
past executive.
THEWILL can report
that the sports pavilion project has since been abandoned after the previous
executive paid out the entire N50 million of which N43 million was drawn from
the Association’s bank account within a space of six weeks.
“The level of
corruption and misappropriation perpetrated in the sports pavilion project is
disheartening,” one Old Boy told THEWILL. “The project is not even near 20%
completion. Where did all the money go?” he asked.
“The issue of one
of the VPs who collected money from a contractor and claimed to spend it on the
Association without documentation subsists.
This VP (Mr.
Lawanson) who admitted to collecting
the sum and spending same without documentation (minutes of the meeting where
this occurred is available at the Secretariat) and the present treasurer (Mr.
Idike who wants to be Gen. Secretary) colluded to make these payments back
then. Furthermore, Mr. Idike cannot attest to any audit carried out in his
capacity as auditor (which would have discovered the fraudulent disbursement of
the said N50m…),” another aggrieved member blogged on a website where members
openly made claims and counter claims.
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| ABANDONED KING’S COLLEGE SPORTS PAVILION |
THEWILL that members of the Port Harcourt branch of the association alongside
some other chapters have signaled their desire to attend the AGM on Sunday
where they would submit that all members of the present executive step aside
while an independent audit of the association’s financial records are
reconciled.
Kings College Lagos
was founded on September 20, 1909. It was previously known as Kings School.
Some of its prominent alumni include former Vice President Alex Ekwueme, Late Sir
Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Late Chief Anthony Enahoro, Late Sir Adetokumbo Ademola,
Late Justice Victor Ovie Whiskey, and Mr. Peterside Atedo, amongst others.
