He alleged that corruption within the firm cuts across human resources, procurement and finance, citing instances of preferential treatment and inflated contracts.
A former employee of Alpha Beta Consulting, a firm widely linked to President Bola Tinubu, has accused the company’s management of entrenched corruption, victimisation and systematic harassment after he allegedly exposed massive fraud within the organisation.
The former staff member, Comrade Segun Oluwasanmi, made the allegations in an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters, detailing how his efforts to expose financial irregularities and abuse of office allegedly made him a target within the company.
“I joined and I was exposing fraud,” Oluwasanmi said.
He alleged that corruption within the firm cuts across human resources, procurement and finance, citing instances of preferential treatment and inflated contracts.
“I will make reference to specific areas, for instance, where the HR person transferred two people to a subsidiary and they were on the same salary and increased one person’s salary above the other because the one was a member of the cabal,” he said.
According to him, a procurement manager hired in 2018 allegedly inflated contracts within months of resumption.
“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,” Oluwasanmi said.
He also accused the head of finance of paying the wrong vendor through the SAGE accounting application.
“I have the blacklist letter for the vendor and the amount we asked him to return,” he said.
Oluwasanmi further claimed that a review of earlier procurements revealed large-scale inflation.
“The report indicated that on 12 purchases, they inflated the sum with over nine million. I have the reports,” he stated.
Giving a specific 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.”
He added that only 12 items were examined out of numerous vouchers submitted, yet they already showed inflation running into millions.
“Out of only those 12, the inflated sum was ₦9,000,000,” he said.
Oluwasanmi said his work initially earned him commendations and financial rewards from the company.
“I won ₦1,000,000 in 2019. When the MD was giving it to us in Kenya, he mentioned to everybody that he liked what I was doing,” he said.
He also disclosed that he received another reward in 2021 for uncovering excessive cloud service payments.
“I won another ₦500,000 for identifying SS payment of ₦6,000,000 per quarter… That is ₦24,000,000 a year,” he said.
According to him, trouble began after he accused the company’s Chief Technology Officer, Olumide Idowu, of forging his signature.
“I resigned on November 6 after they replied and asked me to be reporting to Olumide, the CTO who forged my signature,” he said.
He added that he formally reported the alleged forgery and that a panel was set up, but its recommendations were never implemented.
“That was where he confessed to copying my signature, but they never released the report despite my follow-ups,” Oluwasanmi said.
He alleged that the continued harassment affected his health.
“It was giving me depression, phobia and other issues,” he said.
Oluwasanmi said he was later pressured to withdraw his resignation under what he described as “ridiculous conditions,” including conversion to a contract role.
“If they wanted me to withdraw my resignation, they should not give me conditions,” he said.
According to him, he rejected the offer, insisting that management was attempting to force him out after neutralising his complaints.
“They wanted me to withdraw, clear the gaps, and then send me away in three months,” he said.
He further alleged that even after resigning, the company continued to humiliate him by relocating him to cramped offices and undermining his authority.
“I’m giving just a sample of the frustration they subjected me to because I was stopping them from stealing,” he said.
Oluwasanmi also accused the company of attempting to criminalise him after he and others petitioned over alleged forgery and bribery.
“They later claimed police invited me for a criminal matter, trying to paint me as a criminal,” he said.
He further alleged that he resigned from a committee set up to review data centre usage after refusing to compromise his position.
“I resigned my membership of the committee to maintain my integrity when I saw the management stance,” he said.