Chairman, Others Indicted As Multimillion Naira Scandal Rocks Magodo Estate

Chairman, Others Indicted As Multimillion Naira Scandal Rocks Magodo Estate

The Magodo Occupants’ Affiliation is entangled in debate as high ranking representatives, including Administrator Sheriff Daramola and an individual named Kunle, face allegations of stealing a large number of naira.

The claims, which include monetary abnormalities, unapproved consumptions, and missing assets, were first uncovered by the affiliation’s inside inspector, Lawson Adesokan.

In an update dated December 13, 2023, Adesokan raised worries about dubious exchanges and blamed the executive for endorsing extra safety efforts without the board’s assent.

He noticed that Daramola’s choice to approve N4.8 million for each annum for an additional four cops surpassed his endorsement restricts and needed legitimate oversight, bringing up issues about responsibility inside the affiliation.

The continuous examination has uncovered holes in documentation, making the affiliation helpless against monetary misfortunes. Individuals are calling for more prominent straightforwardness and responsibility to determine the issue.

“I comprehend installment of PR to the police authorities is normal, however on the off chance that the sum is running over N10m, it ought not be taken care of by just a single individual, which for this situation is the security secretary.

“An extra N4,800,000 per annum and to be dispensed by just a single individual is inclined to extortion, and it is a worry to me. In addition, the technique for moving the cash out of the affiliation is problematic.

“A made up installment voucher will be ready and money paid to a staff part by the name Moses Alawode who doesn’t know anything about the expected reason. The cash will then be moved by him to the security secretary. This to me is a warning not too far off,” the examiner said.

Following the disclosure, News360 Nigeria accumulated that the domain’s Leading group of Legal administrators and the Magodo Occupants General Gathering set up analytical panels to test the contribution of Daramola and Kunle in the supposed bungle of the bequest’s security reserves.

Records acquired by our reporter uncovered that examinations did by the councils recognized disparities in police remittance installments, absence of documentation, and huge shortcomings in monetary administration rehearses.

Going through a portion of the records, it was found that the security secretary got assets for police stipends without dispensing them to officials, while the executive supported consumptions surpassing his power.

The examination likewise uncovered that Kunle had been making the installments without dispensing the assets to the planned recipients, raising doubts of misappropriation.

In a report dated June 11, 2024, one of the insightful boards said it found that there was an absence of documentation and oversight in the dispensing of assets inside the affiliation.

The board of trustees uncovered that examination led through interviews with various partners including Divisional Cop and Station Official showed that a few installments made to cops by the security secretary were not recorded.

While suggesting the suspension of Kunle over supposed blunder of assets, the panel recommended that the affiliation’s director ought to get a censure for absence of a reasonable level of investment and oversight.

The report additionally read, “The examination uncovered huge shortcomings in the ongoing monetary administration rehearses connected with the installment of safety remittances and advertising reserves.

“The security secretary had unbalanced command over the interaction, with inadequate oversight and documentation, prompting likely fumble of assets.

“The bungle of assets has sabotaged the trust and straightforwardness inside the home affiliation, possibly endangering the security plans and monetary dependability of the bequest.

“The absence of appropriate documentation and oversight has made weaknesses that could be taken advantage of, prompting monetary misfortunes and disappointment among the security staff.”

Also, an impromptu advisory group report dated August 5, 2024, and located by our journalist uncovered that the security secretary got cash from the relationship from May 2023 to August 2024 without dispensing the assets to cops from the Isheri Division.

The board said the security secretary “neglected to report the above redirection of assets or give documentation where the unused assets were used.”

It expressed, “The Divisional Cop and Station Official both of Isheri Division affirmed ordinary installment of recompenses till May 2023, and from there on no installment has been made to them till date. The Security Secretary, Mr Kunle Kosile, likewise conceded to getting the installments from the MRA accounts division all during that time 2023 and didn’t transmit something similar to the officials in Isheri since May 2023 till date.

“The Security Secretary consistently incorporated the DPO and Station Official, Isheri, in the rundown of officials, which likewise included officials from the Magodo Station to be paid from the absolute amount of N175,000 installments month to month that was supported by the CMC Administrator — Mr Sheriff Daramola, from June 2023 till December 2023, accordingly utilizing their names to get endorsement for assets to be dispensed and same assets were redirected.

“The station official in Magodo additionally affirmed that the regularly scheduled installments to Magodo Police post proceeded expeditiously till September 2023, however installments held onto in October 2023 till the second week in December 2023 where generally exceptional were paid with the station official of Magodo affirming that the installments and gifts given to him from the Security Secretary were private gifts not from MRA. Nonetheless, records show installments from the MRA accounts were dispensed quickly consistently for a similar reason.”

In the mean time, the Leader of the South West Zone, Magodo Occupants’ Affiliation, Nosa Ebomoyi, regretted that regardless of the panels submitting reports about the thing was found during truth finding, no move had been made.

Ebomoyi, in a letter to occupants dated September 30, 2024, guaranteed that the occupants paid N3000 for access control stickers, which remained non-utilitarian.

While noticing that the fumbled reserves have a place with occupants, including the old, retired folks, widows, and single men, Ebomoyi promised to keep battling for reality.

He added, “Let me say that I am utilized to the tricks of having individuals come to the general occupant’s gathering to guard charges where proof is predominant. If it’s not too much trouble, review the issue of the van transport secrecy, where I worked with the break board of trustees and guaranteed transports were gotten once again to the zones which have expanded income from N45m to over 1N35m for the beyond three years.

“This was likewise similar issue with door takings at the Magodo entryway, where the extortion was revealed and income expanded from N400,000.00 to about N4m month to month. Assuming we increase every one of these it is over N160m pay for the Bequest. Not failing to remember the MRA Municipal center, where I raised the issue of over-expansion of agreements which prompted the development of Boss Akinseye Building Council, which saved the bequest of over N23m.

“With this MRA must be exceptionally cautious or the revolt of installment of levy will begin due to the blunder of assets.

“The quintessence of this message to you, my great individuals of Southwest, is to keep you up to speed on what is happening and to get us arranged for the following Regular gathering which the BOT expressed is in about fourteen days from now. I won’t abandon battling and working for reality.”

Responding, the MRA Executive demanded that due processes were continued in supporting security reserves and other cash spent by his organization.

While crediting the charges to ‘naughty characters’ with childish intentions, Daramola denied supporting any assets without assent from the affiliation’s construction, which comprised of the leading group of legal administrators, CCC, and CMC, with 21 chiefs from various zones.

On the missing N4.8m, he contended that the reports from various panels tracked down no proof of his association in the supposed monetary misappropriation.

He made sense of that the two advisory groups just found that the practices being referred to were acquired from past organizations.

“The boards of trustees’ reports showed that the endorsement cycle for security supports has been set up for quite a long time, even before my organization. The reports prescribed enhancements to the cycle going ahead,” Daramola explained.