Ex- KWIRS Chief, Muritala Awodun, Reportedly Indicted For Abuse Of Office, Prosecution ‘In The Air’
Prof. Muritala Awodun , the pioneer chairman of the Kwara state Internal Revenue Service, KWIRS, is reportedly in the soup, and said to be under investigation.
He allegedly used his personal company, CSDC Consulting Enterprise Solutions, to secure multibillion naira consultancy contract during his headship of the revenue agency.
As a public officer, it is considered a criminal breach of public trust for a serving official to bid for and win contracts under the same company he heads.
Awodun was quoted to have reportedly asserted in an interview published on September 10, 2022 by Thisday newspaper that he is the chief operating officer of the CSDC Consulting Enterprise Solutions.
Audit report recently released on the activities of key MDAs under past administrations in the state had reportedly showed how Awodun’s CSDC got the contract to provide a software called Amanda at a mouthwatering amount.
It was alleged that the software was not delivered as agreed while he allegedly continued to pay the firm for a software that never worked.
‘CSDC Enterprise Solutions was supposed to provide solution (software) called ‘Amanda’ to the KWIRS according to the Memorandum of Understanding provided. We were told that the software was deployed to a few points but because it was not effective, the Service did not use the software, various sums were paid to the company on a monthly basis.
Furthermore, the purported sum due to this Company was being taken out of KWIRS through the staff of the Service ; Ibrahim Saliu, Michael Dada, Fausat Ismail, IOD and Prodemics Global Investment on the approval of the Chairman’ an audit report reportedly submitted.
Lawyers ,who reviewed the report, reportedly described the conduct of Awodun as criminal misappropriation and recommended that he should be referred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission or the ICPC for investigation.
The audit report had also allegedly revealed several sordid deals at KWIRS on Awodun’s watch- Team@orientactualmags.com
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