The same group that accused Fashola of corruption and abuse of office-The Lagos Progressives have released another revelation against Fashola. It accuses him of deliberately setting the market on fire so as to sign another contract to rebuild the market at inflated cost through his crony and friend Dr Tunji Olowolafe. Read the new revelation below:

THE OTHER FACE OF LAGOS-PART 2
TEJUOSHO MARKET SCAM AND THE FRAUDULENT ROLE OF GOV FASHOLA
We are concerned Lagosians who recently brought to the attention of the people of Lagos state a catalogue of fraudulent transactions and corrupt practices of the Lagos State Government under the caption “The other face of Lagos”

This is the second in the series of corrupt and fraudulent activities of this government for the attention of well meaning Lagosians.
Tejuosho market which was gutted by fire a few years ago is now being re-built by a company owned by Dr Tunji Olowolafe-a known front and lackey of Gov Babatunde Fashola. We catalogue below, series of events from 2004 to date:

1. For the avoidance of doubt, Tejuosho market was built in the early 70s during the regime of Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson as a model market. Phase 2 of the market was completed during the time of Alhaji Jakande in the early 80s. The market was however, gutted by two mysterious fire first in 2004 and then 2007 when it was completely destroyed and innocent traders lost billions of naira worth of goods and properties.

2. Rather than the government conducting the usual enquiry to determine the immediate and remote causes of the fire incidents, it instead hurriedly displaced the traders without compensation. It is curious that the solid structure that had stood the test of time over three decades was suddenly and completely razed by mysterious fire

3. The Tinubu government then decided to re-build the market and accepted a proposal from a consortium known as Market Design & Management Company Ltd (MDMC) to design and build at a cost of N1.6billion. MDMC intended to build and sell at an average cost of N2million per shop. During the process of contract negotiation, the hapless shop owners got wind of the plans and protested strongly suspecting rightly that other interests might hijack the project and priced it out of their reach. The matter was reported to the House of Assembly who invited the consortium and other government officials for hearing. The consortium assured the house that it will sell the shops at not more than N2million and will give priority to the 220 traders already displaced.


4. Despite the protest, the government concluded negotiation with the consortium after completing due process and thereafter gave a letter of engagement to MDMC to build a framed structure size of 149m long x 76m wide on three floors with a roof level car park for 284 cars and 1,251 lock shops on the ground, first, and second floors. The facility would also include 1,047 steel framed and roofed klee klamp stores and other service facilities.

5. Immediately Governor Fashola was sworn in, he moved quickly to hijack the project. By August 2007, the commissioner Abosede Francisco in collusion with Ibile Holdings approached MDMC to sell the project to Dr Tunji Olowolafe. MDMC resisted the overture and threatened to take legal action against the state government, but they were eventually forced to transfer the project to Dr Tunji Olowolafe

6. The Fashola administration immediately jerked up the contract cost to N5billion and awarded the contract with a term of 30 year concession Dr Tunji Olowolafe. Despite the fact that project is yet to reach 30% completion, the shops are already being sold for between N8million to N10million.

7. The interest of the original shop owners have been wiped out and no provision for petty traders and market men and women was made. These people are now suffering untold hardship and many have been rendered in penury. This government has not shown any concern but rather has been profiting from their woes.

8. A pattern is now emerging whereby the state government deliberately destroys notable markets meant for petty traders and give the lucrative real estate to its cronies who masquerades as developers under shady and fraudulent circumstances and at the expense of innocent but poor petty traders. For example, Oyingbo market has been demolished and abandoned, and the traders displaced after several billions have been paid to Prince Dipo Eludoyin-another front and crony of the Governor. Indeed Prince Eludoyin is a major beneficiary of questionable land deals like Ogudu foreshore and Ilubinrin government estate. Oluwole market in Lagos Island has been demolished, traders displaced and land concessioned to Dr Tunji Olowolafe under questionable deals. Other markets with same pattern includes Mushin Ojuwoye, Iponri, Gbaja in surulere.

9. We urge residents and traders in these markets to be vigilant against this pattern of mysterious fire only for these cronies of government to surface as developers under questionable and shady long term concession deals.

10. In addition, other popular markets have been penciled down by the state government for similar treatment. The owners/traders of sura, obalende, sandgrouse alade market in ikeja, alaya bi agba in ajegunle etc should also be vigilant and watchful.

11. Indeed it is on record that this government and its immediate predecessor has not built a single market for petty traders in the last 10 years.

The Lagos State House of Assembly is aware of these issues and have been silent about them.

The Lagos Progressives is determined to expose corruption and abuse of office prevalent in Lagos state. We challenge the anti-corruption agencies to take immediate steps to arrest and prosecute all persons involved in this fraud and investigate Governor Raji on these shady and fraudulent transactions. We wonder why the EFCC has not done what it did in states like Delta, Bayelsa, Plateau, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Edo, etc by carrying out detailed and comprehensive investigations into the books in Lagos State to expose the corrupt practices of those running the affairs of the state.

We are not a faceless organization as we are willing and ready to come forward with facts and documents when the House of Assembly or any anti-corruption agency invites us. We make bold to say that our organization will not relent in our efforts to expose corruption in Lagos State Government and we still have many more releases for members of the public in the coming weeks. Please watch out for part 3

Signed


MR GBENGA THOMAS WALE ONILE-ERE
Cordinator Secretary
THE LAGOS PROGRESSIVES THE LAGOS PROGRESSIVES
Tel: 07065443358 TEL: 08088662074
Email: lagosprogressives@yahoo.com

Ok! This Gbengapro is the jobless mumu spearheading all these anti-BRF attacks?

Yeah I am a jobless mumu. If it is your mama's shop that was demolished and her means of livelihood taking away from her you will understand better. Go and ask the thousands who have fallen victim of Fashola's govt wickedness.

I know that Fashola's paid agents will start to react the moment the post hits. Well let me assure you that you will soon get tired bc we have just started to show the world how corrupt Fashola's govt is and the grand deceit called Fashola's performance

Was it not the same group who allegedly apologized to Fashola last month?

gbengapro:

Yeah I am a jobless mumu. If it is your mama's shop that was demolished and her means of livelihood taking away from her you will understand better. Go and ask the thousands who have fallen victim of Fashola's govt wickedness.

I know that Fashola's paid agents will start to react the moment the post hits. Well let me assure you that you will soon get tired bc we have just started to show the world how corrupt Fashola's govt is and the grand deceit called Fashola's performance

I'm sorry but, I always find it really hard to make any sense out of the way you come up with your conclusions and conspiracy theories.

@Gbengapro

get a life dude! U sound like YARADULL already.

The same group that accused Fashola of corruption and abuse of office-The Lagos Progressives have released another revelation against Fashola. It accuses him of deliberately setting the market on fire so as to sign another contract to rebuild the market at inflated cost through his crony and friend Dr Tunji Olowolafe

You are right. I saw fashola with a 25liter gallon of petrol and he poured it on the market and lit it up.

Wicked man

Desperate and senseless propaganda

The same group that accused Fashola of corruption and abuse of office-The Lagos Progressives have released another revelation against Fashola.  It accuses him of deliberately setting the market on fire so as to sign another contract to rebuild the market at inflated cost through his crony and friend Dr Tunji Olowolafe.  Read the new revelation below:

1.   For the avoidance of doubt, Tejuosho market was built in the early 70s during the regime of Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson as a model market.  Phase 2 of the market was completed during the time of Alhaji Jakande in the early 80s.  The market was however,  gutted by two mysterious fire first in 2004 and then 2007 when it  was completely destroyed and innocent traders lost billions of naira worth of goods and properties.

5.   Immediately Governor Fashola was sworn in, he moved quickly to hijack the project. By August 2007, the commissioner Abosede Francisco in collusion with Ibile Holdings approached MDMC to sell the project to Dr Tunji Olowolafe.   MDMC resisted the overture and threatened to take legal action against the state government, but they were eventually forced to transfer the project to Dr Tunji Olowolafe

all these 'progressives'. one wonders at the sort of people that make up their ranks - must be hard to put together a coherent smear campaign - was fashola even in office at the time of the fire?

2. Rather than the government conducting the usual enquiry to determine the immediate and remote causes of the fire incidents, it instead hurriedly displaced the traders without compensation. It is curious that the solid structure that had stood the test of time over three decades was suddenly and completely razed by mysterious fire

when did that shack of tin roofs and wooden stalls and crumbling masonry become a solid structure? 

i guess 'progressives' are like the owners of that BOI building in marina - they would wait 60 years until a solid structure falls in on itself

or is it a different tejousoho from the one where they sell first grade bend down?



all these 'displaced traders' do they have records that indicate that they were allocated stalls?

These people are shooting themselves in the foot. Let say I believed the first story, the second one sound so far fetched.

who will now believe Fashola will now burn down tejuosho market in order to get a couple of billions of Naira, when their order way to get the money? I guess the next story is about BOI

Fashola might be doing the right thing by keeping quite and let them shoot themselves.

Dont mind them! They are disgruntled members of a faction of AC- MANDATE GROUP: they are not happy its not business as usual, awon ode buruku, awon omo ole ifo!

Dr Kitaun:

Dont mind them! They are disgruntled members of a faction of AC- MANDATE GROUP: they are not happy its not business as usual, awon ode buruku, awon omo ole ifo!

You are such a fool. . do you think everything is about politics? ?we are talking about human lives here. . .people who have lost their sources of livelihood for themselves and their families. .

we are presented with hard facts as to how fashola is turning the entire state to his personal enterprise and you are here talking mandate group? ?who cares what that means

Greedy and selfish politicians like urself and BRF think the polity is all urs to do and manipulate as you please at the expense of lives.

i have news for u Dr . . . .CHANGE IS COMING. .and the likes of you,lafe and others will soon become neighbours with bode george

forpeace:

You are such a fool. . do you think everything is about politics? ?we are talking about human lives here. . .people who have lost their sources of livelihood for themselves and their families. .

we are presented with hard facts as to how fashola is turning the entire state to his personal enterprise and you are here talking mandate group? ?who cares what that means

Greedy and selfish politicians like urself and BRF think the polity is all urs to do and manipulate as you please at the expense of lives.

i have news for u Dr . . . .CHANGE IS COMING. .and the likes of you,lafe and others will soon become neighbours with bode george

We earnestly await the change. But it has to be better than what Governor Fashola has done already because Mr. Governor has already raised the bar for his successors.

Lagos will not have anything less any more.

I know this for sure that Oluwole market is being constructed by Lagos State Development And Property Corporation.

forpeace:

we are presented with hard facts as to how fashola is turning the entire state to his personal enterprise and you are here talking mandate group? ?who cares what that means

Your facts exists only in your disgruntled minds and remains invisible to the rest of us.

Why don't you show us your facts or just keep quiet.

Some people no go tire? you guys just want to ridicule this man in any way possible?

Ha welcome babapupa. I was wondering when you will start to bark again or has your paymaster removed the bone from your mouth?

babapupa is still very much on the payroll . .im very sure

Instead of spitting the same weak and tired lines, why not just produce your silly and invisible facts,


Do that or STFU and quit wasting valuable bandwidth space. Freeking losers.

forpeace and co!

violent:

forpeace and co!

Yes indeed. .i am a hater of corruption and bad governance

brf is a corrupt mothafcuka. he should be held accountable for his actions regardless of his popularity.

forpeace:

Yes indeed. .i am a hater of corruption and bad governance

Kay 17:

brf is a corrupt mothafcuka. he should be held accountable for his actions regardless of his popularity.

Can't you take him to court? if you have evidence of him being corrupt, then maybe you should try taking the matter to court.

honeric01:

Can't you take him to court? if you have evidence of him being corrupt, then maybe you should try taking the matter to court.

Comrade,it is impossible to take a sitting governor to court because he enjoys immunity. . .but judgement day is coming

forpeace:

Comrade,it is impossible to take a sitting governor to court because he enjoys immunity. . .but judgement day is coming

ok, wait until after may 2011, then you can take him to court ok?

Gbengapro u r fighting a lost cause.
You cant expect ppl to believe the neo-fascist brf is selling them and the generations unborn into slavery.
Brf is in bed with big corporations thru many of his private public partnerships. The fact that he's fattening his personal bank accounts is just his reward for doing the bidding of his faceless masters.
The New World Order is here to stay in naija. Expect more and more taxes, 30yr concessions disappearance of small businesses, and mysterious market fires.
Dnt bother wasting your spit here. The most you can do is prevent him running a second term. But i doubt his successor will be any better.

Joblessness at its worst!

@poster and the rest of dem haters; you keep crying evidence, evidence, where are the evidence(s) self; i guess in ur deluded mind.

haters; jump into the well cos u r enemies of progress

Czario:

Gbengapro u r fighting a lost cause.
You cant expect ppl to believe the neo-fascist brf is selling them and the generations unborn into slavery.
Brf is in bed with big corporations thru many of his[b] private public partnerships[/b]. The fact that he's fattening his personal bank accounts is just his reward for doing the bidding of his faceless masters.
The New World Order is here to stay in naija. Expect more and more taxes, 30yr concessions disappearance of small businesses, and mysterious market fires.
Dnt bother wasting your spit here. The most you can do is prevent him running a second term. But i doubt his successor will be any better.

I think you meant Tinubu.

I believe special attention ought to be paid by the EFCC, the Federal Government and the World Bank to the Lagos-Epe Expressway Expansion project, which is being done with World Bank counterpart funds and appears to have been awarded to himself by the previous Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

There is something about this project that stinks to high heavens. A public officer should not award a project/concession to a company in which he is later discovered to have a controlling interest.

Also, the issue of Lagos State's "contribution" to that project through the awarding of 1500 hectares of land to the concessionaire in the Ibeju-Lekki axis needs to be re-examined.

I am proposing that some citizens initiate a court case to invalidate the contract, based on undue influence and the glaring incompetence of the main contractor, Tinubu's company, Hi-Tech construction, which has led to non-performance on their part, once they have completed the road, which they are actually building with taxpayers funds, anyway.

They have said they want to start collecting tolls on the road in May, by which time, they will not have completed the road. WE SHALL SEE!!

unfortunately, a private citizen is legally unable to sue a public official, for public harm, whether or not he is office. the action must include the attorney -general. in such a situation, i must include a crony of the governor to persecute!