CHOSCHARIS PLAYS DON!!! SUPPLIED VEHICLES OF N1.28 BILLION TO EKITI GOVT ON ORAL AGREEMENT – WITNESS TELLS PANEL…
CHOSCHARIS PLAYS DON!!! SUPPLIED VEHICLES OF N1.28 BILLION TO EKITI GOVT ON ORAL AGREEMENT – WITNESS TELLS PANEL…
A witness, Mr Justin Ngele representing Choscharis Motors at the ongoing hearing of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Ekiti State government to probe the administration of former Governor Kayode Fayemi yesterday said that the firm supplied 156 vehicles valued at N1,284,159,000.00 based on oral agreement.
Ngele, who was led in the witness by the counsel to
Choscharis Motor, Peter Jiya said that the company transacted the deal based on
trust it has for Ekiti State government.
He, however, said that there was letter of award by the
state government on the purchase of additional 59 units of vehicles later
supplied by the company.
Ngele said that out of the 235 vehicles supplied between
2013 to 2014, total of N1.449 billion have been paid, leaving the balance of
N459 million debt being owed the firm.
But a witness from the Ministry of Local Government, Mr
Samuel Akinjide in his statement on oath alleged that the ministry received an
invoice of N1,284,159,000.00 from the state government for the purchase of 156
Ford Range of vehicles for traditional rulers in Ekiti State, adding that the
ministry was mandated to finance the purchase.
He also alleged that even before the state government gave
the directive, the then Commissioner for Finance, Mr Vincent Kolawole had taken
delivery of the 156 vehicles.
Akinjide further averred that “Choscharis Motors on 2nd of
May, 2014 requested for payment of in respect of 235 vehicles instead of the
156 units the ministry was directed to purchase.
“By this letter, there is no evidence that Choscharis Motors
paid taxes on the vehicles. The vehicles were distributed without the input of
the ministry”.
He said that the local governments were to settle the debt
on equal basis eventhough they didn’t solicit for it.
The Panel adjourned sitting till September 8 to enable
Choscharis Motors come with original documents of evidences tendered, having
rejected the photocopies supplied by the counsel to the firm.
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