By Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti
The State Intelligence Department of the State Command, Ado Ekiti, has declared Mr. Afolabi Adefemi, the CEO of Suschcris Building Services, whose office was given as Lane 1, Olujoda Quarters, Sade Gbonyin Street, Ado Ekiti, a person of interest they need to speak to.
In a petition made available to this newspaper, Afolabi Adefemi was alleged to have engaged in fraudulent conversion of contract funds, criminal breach of trust, and threat to the life of the petitioner.
In the petition filed against him, which was dated August 28, 2024, Afolabi Adefemi’s company, Suschcris Building Services, was awarded a SUBEB contract to build a perimeter fence at Iludun Ekiti to the tune of about Eleven Million Naira.
Although the contract was originally awarded to the petitioner who was then with the Ekiti State government during the Fayemi administration, Afolabi Adefemi was alleged to have taken two tranches of SUBEB mobilization amounts without showing a commensurate job for which he was paid by the state agency.
On further investigations of Suschcris and his CEO by our correspondent, it has been established that Afolabi Adefemi is always notorious for taking SUBEB contracts without timely completions despite adequate mobilization.
Our investigation has revealed that Afolabi Adefemi was arrested by the state police sometime in 2022 at the instance of a commissioner also during the Fayemi administration because of alleged fraudulent behavior.
“It was not until the police weighed in on the matter that Afolabi Adefemi completed the contracts he had the privilege to have been given his company by the former commissioner.
From a source close to the Ekiti State Investigation Department, the police said Afolabi Adefemi has been notified of the petition against him since they received the petition, but he has always been telling them he would come. He never did.
“All we want is for him to explain his side of the matter since we have received a petition against him and his company. Now that we have given him enough time to present himself at our office, and he has failed to do so, we have no choice but to appeal to the public to provide any information that would lead to his arrest.
“We’re appealing to him to appear in his interest before we resort to a forceful arrest,” said the police officer, who doesn’t want to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter”.