EXCLUSIVE: Ekiti Awards ₦458Million Contracts To Firm Linked To Governor Oyebanji’s Senior Special Assistant, Adebimpe

Records show that the company had not received any government contracts prior to her appointment.

A review of the Ekiti State Open Contracting Portal by SaharaReporters has uncovered that a contract worth N443.4 million was awarded to Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited on December 18, 2025.

The project is designated for the “Construction of BPP E-office and Conference Hall.”

Further checks on the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) database revealed that Arojo Taiwo Adebimpe, who serves as the Senior Special Assistant to the governor at the Akure Liaison Office, is listed as a director of the company.

Further investigations revealed that Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited was registered in August 2022. In December 2023, Adebimpe was appointed as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor at the Akure Liaison Office.

Records show that the company had not received any government contracts prior to her appointment.

However, just two months after she assumed office, Doylit secured its first government contract, a N15 million project for the clearing of 10 hectares of land at the Ijesa Isu Agric Development.

Since then, the company has been awarded contracts totaling N458 million.

Earlier findings by SaharaReporters also indicated that contracts worth N6.668 billion were awarded to Permanent Secretaries through the state’s open contracting portal.

Among these was the supply and installation of an Instrument Landing System at the Ekiti State Airport, valued at N3.3 billion, which was curiously awarded to a “Permanent Secretary.”

The procuring agency was listed as the “Ministry of Transportation”.

Another contract for the procurement of one 18-seater Sunray bus and four Bajaj motorcycles, costing N75.1 million, was also awarded to a “Permanent Secretary”.

Documents further showed that the “Second Phase of Establishment of a Standard Meteorological Station” was awarded at the cost of N45 million, with the contractor listed as a “Permanent Secretary”.

Other contracts awarded to Permanent Secretaries included the Internal Electrification and Installation of a 1MVA, 33/0.415KVA Transformer at the Ekiti State Cargo Airport, valued at N281.731 million.

Another project was the Installation of Terminal Floodlights and Solar Streetlights at the airport, costing N275.9 million.

Additional contracts comprised the Extension of a 33KVA Dedicated Line from the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, to the Cargo Airport, awarded at N280 million to a “Permanent Secretary”; the Supply of Portacabins and other items for establishing a Police Security Post at the airport, worth N75.3 million; and the Provision of additional office spaces for airlines and agencies at the airport, valued at N42.9 million.

Another contract covered the ‘Construction of Four Observation Spots’ at the airport, awarded at N31 million.

The review further revealed that the state government awarded two major contracts for airport operational and related equipment, each valued at N1.162 billion, amounting to a total of N2.324 billion.

Both contracts were recorded as awarded to a “Permanent Secretary.”