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Court Adjourns Case Of Five Ex-Employees Of Tinubu-Linked Alpha-Beta Firm Charged For Exposing Corruption At Company

January 16, 2026

According to the source, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Supol Johnson Ekpeyong, justified the continued detention by claiming the need for a fresh investigation.

The Nigeria Police Force has refused to grant bail to Comrade Segun Oluwasanmi, a whistleblower and former staff member of Alpha-Beta Consulting Limited, who exposed alleged corruption and tax evasion within the firm linked to President Bola Tinubu.

SaharaReporters gathered that Oluwasanmi, alongside an Alpha-Beta staff member, Mr Etim Alfred, has been held in detention beyond the constitutionally permitted period, despite meeting bail conditions and the proximity of a court to the police facility.

A source familiar with the matter told SaharaReporters that the police deliberately refused to release the detainees after 24 hours in custody.

The source said, “Feedback from the police command headquarters under the department of SID, Supol Ekpeyong, is that they have bluntly refused to release Segun Oluwasanni and one Mr Etim Alfred on bail after 24 hours in detention while the court is five minutes’ walk from the command headquarters.”

According to the source, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Supol Johnson Ekpeyong, justified the continued detention by claiming the need for a fresh investigation.

The source added, “The IPO, Supol Johnson Ekpeyong, claimed that SaharaReporters reported from accounts and documents provided by Oluwasanni and that no other person was there except Oluwasanni. Therefore, he claimed that he wanted to commence another investigation. All efforts to get him bail by his friends and family have so far been unsucessful.”

A relative of Oluwasanmi, who spoke to SaharaReporters on the telephone, confirmed that the police had ignored multiple bail applications and failed to arraign him in court as earlier promised.

“The problem is that we have applied for his bail, the police refused, they promised they would arraign him yesterday (Thursday) but they did not. They are still keeping him in detention and that is against the constitutional provision, it is now about 48 hours,” the relative said.

The family also raised the alarm over threats of torture allegedly made by the police to force Oluwasanmi to unlock his mobile phone.

The relative added, “I learned today that they have already threatened to torture him because he refused to unlock his phone to them. They claimed he has access to SaharaReporters, so they want to torture him to give them access to his phone.”

SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Oluwasanmi was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the State Intelligence Department (SID) at the Nigeria Police Force Command Headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos.

“Comr Segun Oluwasanni was detained yesterday (14/01/25) by SID command headquarters, Ikeja. According to the IPO, he’s going to be arraigned in court today (15/01/26) but the court is yet to be disclosed,” a family member earlier told SaharaReporters.

The family member disclosed that he was allowed to contact his family and lawyer shortly before his detention.

They said, “He was just asked to call his family and lawyer when they decided to detain him few minutes to 7 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday).”

Police reportedly claimed the arrest was based on allegations of cyber bullying against Alpha-Beta Consulting Limited. However, the family insisted the real reason for his arrest was his whistle-blowing activities.

The relative said, “They claimed his offence was cyber bullying against Alphabeta. We knew he was arrested for exposing the corruption in the company.”

Oluwasanmi had submitted petitions to the police, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alleging systematic tax evasion and financial irregularities by Alpha-Beta Consulting, a firm that assists the Lagos State Government in tax and revenue collection.

In his petition, he accused the company of under-declaring staff salaries and under-remitting statutory taxes.

“What Alpha-Beta has been doing is this: they divided our salary into two, so that they will not pay tax on everything,” he said.

“What you will see in the payroll, especially up to 2022, is half of my salary. They were paying tax only on part of our salaries, and even on that part, they were underpaying.”

He further explained, “You are paying tax on the salary you divided into two. You are paying tax on one part. The part you are paying tax on, you are also still underpaying.”

Oluwasanmi also alleged entrenched corruption and contract inflation within the firm.

He said, “I joined and I was exposing fraud.”

He further alleged, “Within six months, he had inflated contracts in his care to the tune of over six million. I did the investigation. I have the reports.”

Giving an example, he said, “For instance, a carton of printing paper was sold for ₦5,900. They bought it for ₦9,600. That’s an extra ₦3,700 on one carton.”

Oluwasanmi said he initially received commendations for exposing fraud but later became a target after accusing the company’s Chief Technology Officer of forging his signature.

He said, “I resigned on November 6 after they replied and asked me to be reporting to Olumide, the CTO who forged my signature.”

“That was where he confessed to copying my signature, but they never released the report despite my follow-ups,” he said.

https://saharareporters.com/2026/01/16/police-deny-bail-whistleblower-who-exposed-alleged-fraud-tinubu-linked-alpha-beta-firm

Former Alpha-Beta Employee Alleges Bribery, Intimidation, Corruption At Tinubu-Linked Lagos Revenue Consulting Firm

December 21, 2025

The complaint details that the bribe was requested to process a refund of N3,310,912, covering shortfalls caused by poorly calculated allowances and discrepancies in currency exchange.

Segun Oluwasanmi, a former employee of Alpha-Beta Consulting Limited, has accused the company’s Head of Human Capital Management, Mrs. Anjola Ige-Amusan, of soliciting and collecting bribes to process travel allowances for staff members who attended an international training program in Egypt.

The matter has been escalated to the Nigeria Police, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Alpha-Beta Consulting, a firm that assists Lagos State in revenue collection, is reportedly owned by President Bola Tinubu.

The allegations, submitted through the Lagos chapter of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), also detail a pattern of alleged professional marginalization and workplace harassment targeting Oluwasanmi during his employment, which spanned from September 2018 to January 7, 2025.



Bribery Allegations

The bribery incident, according to Oluwasanmi, occurred in March 2024 in relation to travel allowances owed to three staff members, including himself, Kingsley Esonu, and Mrs. Oyekemi Oyediran, following a training program in Egypt between November 5 and 12, 2023.

“In March 2024, Mrs. Anjola Ige-Amusan, a staff member of Alpha-Beta Consulting unlawfully demanded and collected a bribe of N150,000 from Mr. Kingsley Esonu on behalf of herself,” the petition filed by CDHR states.

The complaint details that the bribe was requested to process a refund of N3,310,912, covering shortfalls caused by poorly calculated allowances and discrepancies in currency exchange.

Evidence presented by Oluwasanmi in the petition shows that Kingsley Esonu transferred the N150,000 bribe from his GTBank account to Ige-Amusan and shared proof of the transfer in a WhatsApp group titled “Cairo,” created on October 10, 2023.



“He just paid me N1,050,000. I was supposed to collect N1,103,000. Plus N1,103,000. So, he paid me N1,050,000. In fact, it was even 53,000 Naira he deducted,” Oluwasanmi explained, highlighting irregular deductions from his rightful share.

Oluwasanmi further described how Alpha-Beta mishandled their allowances. The HR department reportedly paid them in naira at a rate of N1,000 to the dollar, despite the actual exchange rate being between N1,200 and N1,300.

Additionally, the travel estacode was improperly calculated for six days instead of eight, excluding the days of departure and return.

“Apart from that, the HR lady, Anjola Ige-Amusan, out of gross inexperience and wickedness, she prepared estacode for six days for us instead of eight days. She omitted November 5 when we left and 12 when we came back,” Oluwasanmi recounted.

The petition categorically alleges that these actions constitute bribery and corrupt practices contrary to the Criminal Code Act (Sections 98-99), the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 (Sections 8-10), and Section 18 of the EFCC Act 2004, which empowers authorities to investigate and prosecute economic and financial crimes.

Alleged Intimidation by Police

Efforts to report the alleged bribery and harassment were reportedly met with obstruction and intimidation.

After submitting petitions to the Lagos Police Command in October 2025, Oluwasanmi alleged that the State Intelligence Department sought to intimidate him, inviting him from Ogun State through a couple described as “soft targets,” who were reportedly harassed and even had the wife’s clothes torn in the process.

The petition states, “Sadly, after the petitions were submitted in October 8, 2025, steps were however taken by the State Intelligence Department of the Lagos Command to intimidate the complainant Comrade Segun Oluwasanmi as they invited him to the Command in Lagos from Ogun State where he was based through a soft target/couple who were unprofessionally lured to the command from Ogun State and subsequently harassed, intimidated, gotten the wife's clothe torn to get the details of Comrade Segun; after which they sent an invitation dated 22/10/2025 to Comrade Segun through the couple, requesting him to appear on Friday, 24th October, 2025.”

“The couple however claimed that their lawyer asked them to return the letter because it was wrong to have sent them with the letter,” the petition adds.

Multiple attempts to follow up on the petitions were also met with resistance. On November 4, 2025, a written follow-up letter could not be submitted as the Personal Assistant (PA) to the Commissioner of Police failed to appear.

A subsequent visit on November 10 revealed what the petition described as a “disdain look” and bias from the PA, prompting doubts that justice would be served.

“The PA to the Commissioner of Police put a disdain look and responded in a manner that showed bias and that they were not ready or willing to act,” the petition adds.



Manipulation and Misuse of Police Process

Oluwasanmi said that he was deliberately roped into a case unrelated to him, based on a petition filed by Alpha-Beta on June 25, 2025, against “Concerned Staff” who had anonymously written letters to stakeholders of the company in May 2025.

“It has nothing to do with Comrade Segun Oluwasanmi in the first place. The petition further mentioned that the writer was already known as the name was stated there. It was a deliberate attempt to silence Comrade Segun Oluwasanmi,” the petition submitted to the Assistant Inspector General of Police reads.

Calls for Investigation

The CDHR, representing Oluwasanmi, has called on the AIG to launch a full investigation into the conduct of Mrs. Ige-Amusan and prosecute offenders in accordance with the law to serve as a deterrent.

“In the light of the foregoing, we respectfully urge your Commission to commence a full investigation into the conduct of Mrs. Anjola Ige-Amusan in relation to the unlawful demand and collection of bribes. Prosecute the offender(s) in accordance with the law to serve as a deterrent against bribery and corruption in both public and private sectors,” the petition states.

The allegations paint a picture of systemic issues within Alpha-Beta Consulting, highlighting concerns of workplace harassment, financial impropriety, and interference with law enforcement.

Oluwasanmi’s petition is backed by documentary evidence including bank statements, WhatsApp records, and official correspondence.

https://saharareporters.com/2025/12/21/former-alpha-beta-employee-alleges-bribery-intimidation-corruption-tinubu-linked-lagos

Former Alpha-Beta Employee Alleges Cybersecurity Policy Forgery, Harassment At Tinubu-Linked Firm

December 21, 2025

Alpha-Beta Consulting, which collects taxes on behalf of Lagos State, is reportedly owned by President Bola Tinubu.

A former employee of Alpha-Beta Consulting Limited, Segun Oluwasanmi, has accused the company’s Chief Technical Officer, Olumide Hezekiah Idowu, of forging his signature on the firm’s Cybersecurity Policy and manipulating official records.

The case has now been escalated to the Nigeria Police, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Alpha-Beta Consulting, which collects taxes on behalf of Lagos State, is reportedly owned by President Bola Tinubu.

The allegations, submitted through the Lagos chapter of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), outline a sustained pattern of alleged workplace harassment, discrimination, and professional marginalisation.

Many documents were submitted with the petition to substantiate the allegations of fraud.

Oluwasanmi, who was employed by Alpha-Beta from September 2018 to January 7, 2025, alleged that the forgery occurred in September 2023.

He said the incident was the culmination of months of sidelining and bullying by Idowu, who was hired as Chief Technical Officer in July 2022 to oversee updates to the company’s Cybersecurity Policy.

According to Oluwasanmi, the CTO deliberately excluded him from the policy finalisation process, opting instead to insert his signature without consent and date it September 8, 2023, while forwarding the document to the Managing Director for his electronic signature.

“In September 2023, he deleted almost all our comments and bastardised the policy because he was power drunk,” Oluwasanmi said.

“He changed roles and responsibilities to himself and forged my signature on the document.”

The whistleblower said that the forgery formed part of a broader pattern of workplace harassment, which included multiple instances of witch-hunts and discrimination dating back to 2022.

“The forgery was done because he was avoiding me, after alienating, sidelining, bullying me which I had complained of to the management and even to himself,” the whistleblower said.

“He called my colleague, Charles Igbah to sign his part. But instead of calling me, he didn't call me. He forged my signature on the cyber security policy.

“But I was never called. Only for me, on September 13th, to receive a policy from my friend, my colleague, my deputy. So, when I received the signed policy, I discovered that my signature was there.

“How did it get there? This man forged my signature. The MD was not around. He sent to the MD, obtained his signature. He dated the portion where he forged my signature September 8. So, he went into crime due to inexperience. He didn't want anything to do with me.”

He recalled raising concerns internally several times, both verbally and via email, highlighting that he was deliberately excluded from the process despite being available and fully engaged in the company’s operations.

Following his complaint, the company reportedly established an internal investigation panel comprising Dr. Kola Fajuyigbe and Mrs. Anjola Ige-Amusan on September 22, 2023.

Oluwasanmi said he complained to the Managing Director, Mr. Akin Doherty, multiple times and a panel was set up to investigate the issue but its report was never released.

Oluwasanmi appeared before the panel on September 28, 2023, where he said the CTO allegedly confessed to cropping and inserting his signature under the pretext that Oluwasanmi was not present.

Despite this confession, he said the panel’s findings were never formally released, and repeated follow-ups with the company yielded no results.

“The witnesses were called, including my deputy, but no action was taken,” Oluwasanmi said.

“I mentioned on three occasions to the MD around June 5-6, 2024 and in December 2024, when I was told him verbally and on September 28, when I mentioned it to the panel,” the whistleblower said.

“The panel’s report was not released despite the follow-up.”

Oluwasanmi’s petition also outlines the scope of his contributions to Alpha-Beta Consulting, noting that during his tenure he was responsible for drafting and implementing several key policies, including the Cybersecurity Policy, Change Management Policy, Procurement Policy, Inventory Policy, and a Business Continuity Plan.

He said these policies were instrumental in modernising the company’s internal operations and ensuring compliance with both local and international standards.

The CDHR petition notes that previous complaints regarding workplace harassment and discriminatory practices had been lodged in October 2022, September 2023, and in 2024, suggesting that the alleged forgery was not an isolated incident but part of a continuous effort to marginalize Oluwasanmi professionally.

The whistleblower also highlighted an earlier attempt in June 2024 to offer revisions to the Cybersecurity Policy and the Business Continuity Plan, in which he again flagged the issue of the forged signature.

In light of the perceived inaction from Alpha-Beta, the CDHR escalated the matter to the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 2, Lagos, after several attempts to engage the Lagos State Police Command were reportedly met with delays and bias.

Oluwasanmi alleged that he was even intimidated when invited to the police command, alleging that he was unprofessionally lured from Ogun State and subjected to harassment during the process.

The petition submitted to law enforcement emphasises that the alleged forgery and data manipulation constitute criminal offenses under the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015, specifically citing violations related to computer-related forgery, forgery of electronic records, electronic signature fraud, identity theft, impersonation, and system interference.

It also references relevant sections of the Criminal Code Act pertaining to forgery.

According to the CDHR, the complaint is supported by a wide array of evidence, including written complaints dated September 22, 2023, voice recordings of the panel sessions, and copies of the 2019 and 2023 Cybersecurity Policies that show both the forgery and alterations in the revision history.

The petition also includes emails and other documents that corroborate Oluwasanmi’s account.

In conclusion, the CDHR urged the police, ICPC, and EFCC to conduct a thorough investigation into the alleged forgery and data manipulation by the CTO, enforce appropriate disciplinary and legal measures, and ensure that the complainant’s rights are fully protected.

The organisation stressed that failure to act on the allegations would not only undermine corporate governance within Alpha-Beta Consulting but also compromise the integrity of its cybersecurity framework.

“Forgery is a serious criminal offence, and failure to address same undermines both the integrity of corporate governance and the cybersecurity framework of the organisation,” the petition reads.

https://saharareporters.com/2025/12/21/former-alpha-beta-employee-alleges-cybersecurity-policy-forgery-harassment-tinubu-linked

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