in May 2020, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was confident he was the perfect fit for the job.
In one instance, Mr Odumboni was queried by the state’s commissioner for environment for selling at least 55 mostly serviceable heavy-duty vehicles and a D9 bulldozer as scraps without following due process, and at a cost, the commissioner described as ‘alarmingly undervalued.’For two weeks, this newspaper tried to get Mr Odumboni’s response to these accusations and its findings, but all its efforts were rebuffed.
LAWMA staffers who are aware of the sale said many of the vehicles were still serviceable at the time they were sold as scrap. The vehicles were sold to Blackcann Limited, a scrap metal company. LAWMA officials who witnessed the transfer of the vehicles to Blackcann Limited told PREMIUM TIMES that the vehicles were moved from the depots in the dead of the night, probably to stave off questions about their destination from inquisitive officials.
A LAWMA official who asked not to be named for fear of being victimised pointed out further inconsistencies in the MD’s memo. When reached for comment about the disposal of the vehicles, Peter Benjamin-Black, the CEO of Blackcann Limited declined to comment. During a telephone interview, he told this reporter to take his questions to LAWMA.Odumboni may have flouted the state’s procurement law by the disposal of the vehicles.
PREMIUM TIMES obtained details of the amount for which some of the vehicles were sold: Eight damaged vehicles were sold to Olaseni Danzaki Limited. They include three Renault 5CBM compactors for N750,000, a Mantiga trailer head for N1.5 million, a Mantiga compactor for N800,000, a Mantiga truck head for N1.1 million, a Sino Truck for N1.5 million, and an MT-013 Fuel tanker for N1 million.
Yet no corruption in Lagos state government.
He definitely must have done this with the active collaboration of the State Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu. This is the corruption going in in Lagos. Exactly why Nigeria must beware of Thiefnubu. His cronies steals in Lagos with effontry and impunity