A searchlight has been beamed on the close friend of former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, Tunji Olowolafe, who was one of the major contractors in the administration of Fashola.
Olowolafe’s company, Deux Project Limited, was said to have benefitted in the immediate past government of his bosom friend.
Information concerning contracts awarded to Olowolafe by Fashola was revealed by Lagos State Public Procurement Agency on the Lagos State website and since then, residents of Lagos have been calling for the head of Olowolafe. Also, the call to probe Fashola has intensified.
Contracts were reportedly awarded to company running into billions of Naira. It was said that Deux Project Limited received about N139 million to drill two boreholes at Lagos House, Ikeja, Lagos. Also, about N300 million was reportedly paid by Lagos State Government under the former governor to handle relocation of cables belonging to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja.
According to further reports, Olowolafe’s company got N220million for Lagos State University College of Medicine Facility Management.
