By: Akobi Laaroye
The proximity of Zik Hall to other halls- Indy, Awo and Idia makes it a hub for advertisements to promptly reach desired audience.
From our findings, non-Zikites who paste their banners in the hall pay a sum of, at least, N2000 into the hall's account; payments, which by a virtue of duty, falls under the direct oversee of the hall's Information and Propaganda Minister.
However, our findings have revealed that Zik Hall's IPM, Aliru Suleiman, a 300 level student of the Faculty of Law, has been diverting those moneys into his personal account.
RCFUI R2K'24 BANNER
In our investigation, the Redeemed Christian Fellowship, University of Ibadan, for her program, R2K'2024, had on the 2nd of February, 2024, paid a sum of N2000 into the IPM's personal account bearing the name 'Suleiman Aliru Onuche' with a transaction description of 'Banner Zik Hall', proving beyond reasonable doubts that the money was meant for the mounting of the fellowship's banner.
METHODIST CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP'S BANNER
In another reveal, this correspondent further made inquiries into how much another fellowship, 'Methodist Campus Fellowship, University of Ibadan' paid for her banner placed in the Hall, a banner that advertises the program tagged: "STRONG MEN IN THE LORD", a program which held from the 2nd of February to the 3rd of February.
A call to one of the contacts on the banner, a lady, directed this correspondent to another person who she claims was in charge of the publicity of the program.
In a phone conversation to this 'person' (a male voice), the man behind the call, who assumed that this correspondent wanted to also purchase a similar service, explained that he paid an amount of N2000 into the account of the IPM, an account which he later forwarded to this correspondent on WhatsApp.
However, the male voice stopped responding after several attempts for several days to get the receipt of the transaction he made to Suleiman's account. After numerous calls, the respondent finally picked, stating that he has refused to divulge further information because he guessed from the nature of the questions that this correspondent had asked, that it could be an attempt into something that could indict Suleiman.
ZHPO could say vehemently that many other organizations, groups and individuals also paid to paste banners in the hall, and for none of those funds has the IPM remitted any amount into the hall's account.
As of press time, ZHPO gathered that the IPM is yet to refund any of the proceeds from placement of banners that he siphoned the money into his personal account.
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