Medical Doctor petitions IGP, demands probe of Lagos ex-Governor Bola Tinubu

A Lagos Medical Doctor has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to re-open the inquiry into the criminal allegations against former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The allegations were then made by the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi.

The complaints which include falsification of statement/declaration and documents/certificates, was raised by the late legal luminary while Tinubu was in office. However, since the demise of the “Senior Advocate of the Masses”, nothing has been heard of the case.

Dr. Adegbola Dominic of Santa Maria Hospital, Lagos in a letter dated November 1, 2012, urged the Inspector-General of Police,Mohammed Abubakar to constitute a team to re-visit the charges.

Dr. Dominic’s letter is reproduced below.

DR. ADEGBOLA DOMINIC,
SANTA MARIA HOSPITAL,
10, SANTA MARIA STREET,
EGAN-IGANDO,
LAGOS.

Tel: 08125840416,08033251594
Email:[email protected]

24th October, 2012

The Commissioner for Finance, Lagos State,
Ministry of Finance,
The Secretariat,
Alausa, Ikeja,
Lagos.

The Board of Lagos State Internal Revenue Service,
Ikeja,
Lagos.

The Auditor General,
Office of the State Auditor – General,
Secretariat,
Alausa – Ikeja.

The Special Adviser, Taxation & Revenue,
Office of the Governor of Lagos State,
Governor’s Office,
Alausa, Ikeja,
Lagos.

The Attorney General of Lagos State,
Ministry of Justice,
The Secretariat,
Alausa, Ikeja,
Lagos.

Dear Sir,

APPLICATION FOR ACCESS TO, AND REQUEST TO YOU TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO ME, ALL THE INFORMATION, CTC’S OF THE FILES, RECORDS, CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ETC. IN YOUR CUSTODY OR POSSESSION RESPECT OF THE CONTRACT/AGREEMENT ENTERED THE GOVERNMENT OF LAGOS STATE AND, THE COMPANY, ALPHA BETA CONSULTING LIMITED MANDATING THE COMPANY TO COLLECT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT ALL TAXES AND INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE (IGR) DUE, PAYABLE AND PAID TO THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENCIES AND ALL THE COMMISSIONS DUE, PAYABLE AND PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE COMPANY AND RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE OF THE CONTRACT/AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO

SECTIONS 2, 3(3)M, O, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10 OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2011 OR AS REPLICATED/ DOMESTICATED IN LAGOS STATE OF NIGERIA

1.
WHEREAS as the Commissioner for Finance, Lagos State, your office is responsible for the management and disbursement of the finances of Lagos State, as well as being the Supervisory Commissioner over the
Board of Internal Revenue Services of Lagos State.

2.
and WHEREAS as the Board of Lagos State Internal Revenue Services, your Board is the Board charged with the collection all taxes and internally Generated Revenue of Lagos State,

3.
and WHEREAS as the Auditor General of Lagos State, your office audits the Public Accounts of the State and of all officers by accessing all the books, records, returns and other documents relating to those accounts,

4.
and WHEREAS as the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Taxation and Revenue, your office is in charge of monitoring all the taxes and revenue accruing to the state,

5.
and WHEREAS as the Attorney General of Lagos State, you are the Chief Law Officer and Commissioner for Justice of the Government of Lagos State whose office prepares and vets all contractual agreements/documents of the Lagos State Government and its agencies, and has custody and possession of same.

and WHEREAS by virtue of the special positions, functions and responsibilities of your offices as stated in 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 above, you know, and deemed to know or ought to know all about the taxes and revenue accruing to the Government of Lagos State as well as have in your custody and possession all the contractual agreements entered in respect of taxes and revenue matters of the state, and have in your possession and custody copies of these contractual agreements.

6.
AND WHEREAS as a citizen of Nigeria and indigene of Lagos State it has come to my knowledge that the Government of Lagos State has entered into a contractual agreement with the Company, Alpha Beta Consulting Ltd. Whereupon the Company has the mandate of the Government of Lagos State since 1999 to collect and been collecting on behalf of the Government of Lagos State all the taxes and Internally Generated
Revenue which have accrued and been paid to the State whereafter the Company is entitled to and being paid the Commission (of 15% (Fifteen Per Centum) therefrom since the year 1999.

7.
AND WHEREAS sometime in 2011 by virtue of a statement issued by Mr. Bola Sodipo, Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Taxation and Revenue, the existence of a Contractual Agreement with the Company as tax and revenue collector on behalf of the Government was confirmed; but added that the Government of Lagos State would terminate the services of the Company by February, 2012,

8.
and WHEREAS the Government of Lagos State now boasts of an IGR or about N40 billion every month translating into a commission of N6 Billion due to and being paid to the Company every month, which sum I
consider unfavourable and outrageous to me as a tax payer and Citizen of Lagos State.

I, Dr. Adegbola Dominic wish to know how the taxes, revenue, finances of the State accrue, are managed, disbursed etc. In Lagos State and do hereby apply, to you, by yourselves, agents, servants etc. to access
and request to be made available to me by you, all information, CTC’s of Files, records, Contract Agreements/Documents, in respect of the said Contract/Agreement entered into between the Government of Lagos State and, the Company, Alpha Beta Consulting Limited, mandating the Company to assess and collect on behalf of the Government all Taxes and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) due, payable and paid by the
Government and its agencies and all the commissions due, payable and paid by the government to the Company and received by the Company since the announcement of the Contract/Agreement for my perusal and scrutiny pursuant to Section 2, 3(3)m, o, 5, 6, 7, 9, & 10 of the Provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2011 (F.O.I) as Replicated/Domesticated in Lagos State of Nigeria. My request is basically to let me know the monthly returns of the taxes and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) generated, accrued, collected and
paid to the Government and commissions received from Government or its agencies by the Company since inception of the contract.

Sir, under Section 5 of the F.O.I, the above information, records, file, agreements/documents etc. shall be made available to me within 7 days after the application is received by you and I am ready and undertake to pay all appropriate fees in your duplications and transcriptions of the said documents to meet my request.

Counting on your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Adegbola Dominic