Letter,
Irregular and Potentially Illegal Contract Awards by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice
To Mr. Adewuyi Moshood Adewale, The Auditor-General, Lagos State
Dear Sir:
I write to draw your attention to the attached extract from the schedule of contract award letters registered by the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency in January 2023. This schedule is published by the PPA on its website in compliance with its obligations under the Public Procurement Act.
There are four awards by the Ministry of Justice, reported by the PPA, amounting to N200 million in respect of instructions to legal firms to represent Mr Babajide Sanwoolu in his personal capacity in a partisan political matter relating to his election nomination process within his political party.
As you are well aware, the fact that such awards went through approval processes and were issued is, in the first instance, unacceptable, alarming and highly irregular and further, any payments made in respect of them would likely be a criminal misappropriation of public funds.
Pursuant to your obligations under the Nigerian constitution and your operating charter, I hereby call upon you to undertake an independent special investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding the issuance of these irregular awards.
It is our expectation that this investigation will establish the extent of irregularity and/or Illegality, determine those who may be culpable and ensure timely and appropriate consequences and remedial actions. Very importantly, this should also be seen as an opportunity to ascertain if there is a wider pattern of partisan expenditures being funded from the Lagos State public purse and, if so, to decisively remedy same.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Funso Doherty
(The table of letters of award registered for January 2023 is in the signed letter below.)
The Signed Letter
As scanned for the campaign's compilation of his letters. Tap a page to open it full size.
