Audit reveals massive fraud at OAUTH •Auditor-General Office report indicts CMD

A massive fraud has been allegedly discovered at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, running into N62.5 million on contract awards and shifting of tax burden; and another anticipatory approval of over N900 million, against the extant rules.

This is according to the report on Audit Monitoring and Evaluation of Capital Projects/Programmes Executed by the OAUTH, carried out by the Office of the Auditor-G eneral of the Federation.


To this end, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ( ICPC) has moved in to investigate the fraud, allegedly involving the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Professor Olusanya Adejuyigbe, who was largely indicted in the audit report.

The move by the ICPC to investigate the alleged “massive fraud” followed a petition written to the chairman of the commission, Mr Ekpo Nta, by Ife Youth Vanguard and the facts involved  in the Audit Report by the Auditor-General of the Federation.

The petition, entitled, ‘Massive fraud at OAUTHC, Ile-Ife, Osun State -ICPC should intervene before it is too late,’ was signed by the chairman, Ife Youth Vanguard, Comrade Oladimeji Tajudeen and the General Secretary, Comrade Akintola Jeleel, dated October 2, 2013.

After preliminary consideration, and especially the audit report, the ICPC  in a letter dated October 21 and signed by F. Popoola on behalf of the chairman, acknowledged the receipt of the petition, and ssured them that the commission would continue to brief them as the case progressed.

The audit report, which affected the capital projects and programmes executed by the teaching hospital between January 2009 and January 2012; and dated March 14, was received by the Office of the CMD on March 18, 2013.

The CMD was alleged to “personally gave anticipatory approval to the tune of N979.562 million within two years,” in flagrant violation of extant rules. The audit report also indicted him in a total of N62, 522, 807 fraud and mandated him to refund the amount to the treasury.

With reference number OAUGF/P&PAD/OAUTH/02, the report, which was addressed to the CMD and signed by Ajao. A. O, Director P&PAD in the Office of Auditor-General of the Federation, Programme & Performance Audit Department, beamed its searchlights on contract awards on the contruction of Paediatric Surgical Centre and the contruction of Dental Centre at Ife Hospital Unit, which were inspected by the audit team.