A company linked to an aide to Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has secured a N578.6 million contract from the state government for the construction of an e-office and conference hall for the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) in Ado-Ekiti.
The contract was awarded to Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited at a total value of N578,595,238, according to procurement records published on the Ekiti State Open Contracting Portal.
The project, titled “Construction of E Office and Conference Hall for the Bureau of Public Procurement Ado Ekiti,” lists the Bureau of Public Procurement as the procuring entity, with Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, identified as the project location.
The contract was awarded and published on August 17, 2026, with the procurement record carrying the Open Contracting ID (OCID) ocds-6olpk7-BPP/BPP/CONO/82026/25823267. Its status is listed as “Valid.”
However, checks by SaharaReporters showed that Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited is linked to Arojo Taiwo Adebimpe, a political appointee serving as a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Oyebanji.
Details published by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on its beneficial ownership register list Adebimpe as a director of Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited.
Adebimpe was appointed by the governor as Senior Special Assistant in charge of the Akure Liaison Office in 2023.
Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited was incorporated in August 2022, more than a year before Adebimpe was appointed into the Ekiti State Government.
Governor Oyebanji appointed Adebimpe as Senior Special Assistant in December 2023 according to details published on the government website.
A review of available procurement records indicates that Doylit did not secure a government contract before Adebimpe’s appointment.
However, about two months after she assumed office, the company secured its first recorded government contract.
The N15 million contract was for the clearing of 10 hectares of land at Ijesa Isu Agric Development.
Since then, the value of contracts awarded to the company has increased substantially.
On December 18, 2025, Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited was awarded a N443.4 million contract for the “Construction of BPP E-office and Conference Hall.”
The latest contract, valued at N578.6 million, is also for the construction of an e-office and conference hall for the BPP.
The two contracts therefore appear to relate to the same project, although the available records do not provide sufficient details to establish whether the latest award represents a continuation, variation, re-award or separate procurement process.
The latest award places Doylit among companies receiving significant public expenditure from the Ekiti State Government.
However, the company’s ownership link to a serving government appointee raises questions about conflict-of-interest safeguards, beneficial ownership disclosure and the transparency of the procurement process.
This development comes amid broader concerns raised by SaharaReporters over the emergence of relatively new companies as beneficiaries of major government contracts in Ekiti State.
Earlier, SaharaReporters reviewed the Ekiti State Open Contracting Portal and found that Conjunsta Nigeria Limited secured three government contracts worth a combined N651 million within three months of its incorporation.
Data from the CAC company registration database showed that Conjunsta Nigeria Limited was incorporated on January 30, 2026.
Two months later, on March 30, the company secured a N211 million contract described as “Land clearing to support youths in Agriculture program and specific communities and cooperatives at Ogbese for 2026 at Ogbese, Ado-Ekiti.”
On April 1, 2026, it received another N220 million contract for the construction of a warehouse at Ikere-Ekiti.
A third contract, also for the construction of a warehouse at Ikere-Ekiti, was awarded to the company on April 30 for another N220 million.
The three contracts amounted to N651 million.
Attempts to establish the ownership structure of Conjunsta Nigeria Limited were unsuccessful at the time of the earlier investigation because the company was not listed on the CAC beneficial ownership database.
The company also appeared to have no significant digital footprint beyond its listing as a beneficiary on the Ekiti State Open Contracting Portal.
Although the state government did not publish the timelines for the various procurement processes, the short period between incorporation and contract awards raised questions about how newly established companies demonstrate the technical, financial and operational capacity required to participate in major public procurement exercises.
Experts have previously expressed concerns about the capacity of newly incorporated companies to execute major government contracts and meet technical and other procurement requirements.
The Doylit award also adds to previous findings by SaharaReporters concerning Ekiti State’s public procurement records.
Earlier investigations found that contracts worth N6.668 billion were awarded through the state’s open contracting portal to entities listed as “Permanent Secretaries.”
One of the transactions was a N3.3 billion contract for the supply and installation of an Instrument Landing System at the Ekiti State Airport.
The contractor was listed as a “Permanent Secretary,” while the Ministry of Transportation was identified as the procuring agency.
Other contracts under the same designation included the procurement of an 18-seater Sunray bus and four Bajaj motorcycles valued at N75.1 million, as well as the second phase of the establishment of a standard meteorological station valued at N45 million.
The procurement records also showed a N281.731 million contract for internal electrification and installation of a 1MVA, 33/0.415KVA transformer at the Ekiti State Cargo Airport.
Another N275.9 million contract was awarded for the installation of terminal floodlights and solar streetlights at the airport.
Additional contracts included the extension of a 33KVA dedicated line from the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, to the Ekiti State Cargo Airport for N280 million; the supply of portacabins and security infrastructure for a police post at the airport for N75.3 million; and the provision of additional office spaces for airlines and agencies at the airport for N42.9 million.
The latest contract awarded to Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited raises questions about the safeguards in place to prevent conflicts of interest when companies linked to serving government officials emerge as beneficiaries of multimillion-naira public contracts.
Efforts to obtain comments from the Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, on the development and the apparent award of two contracts for the same BPP e-office and conference hall project proved abortive.
The commissioner did not respond to messages or answer calls when contacted as of the time of filing this report.
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