₦36.9 billion. Gone in nine months.
That’s the allegation Transparency International’s Nigeria chapter, CISLAC, dropped today.
And the trail, they say, leads straight to a finance company created just after the current Kogi administration took power.
According to CISLAC’s financial intelligence findings, the “Kogi State Security Operation Account” received over ₦36.9bn from the state SRA between 2025 and 2026. Then the money scattered.
Where the money went, per CISLAC:
1. ₦23.7bn transferred to Real Striker Finance Limited, owned by Mr. Ameh Joseph Erico. CISLAC alleges the company is linked to politically exposed persons, including a former Security Adviser to ex-Governor Yahaya Bello. Real Striker was reportedly registered shortly after the new administration was elected.
2. ₦12.53bn+ disbursed to individuals and companies including Abdullahi Ayisat Omonale, Peter Enehezeyi Ozavize, Dange Security Patrol, G and T Motors Nigeria Limited, and others — “without clear public justification.”
The pattern, CISLAC says, is familiar: Security votes. Zero transparency. Zero oversight. Maximum abuse.
“These allegations, if established, point to a disturbing pattern of possible misuse of public resources intended for critical security interventions at a time when citizens continue to face severe security challenges,” said Executive Director Auwal Ibrahim Musa, Rafsanjani.
The irony: Kogi faces “almost daily kidnappings, killings, and perpetual unrest,” yet security money meant to stop it may have been diverted.
–CISLAC’s six demands to EFCC, ICPC, NFIU:–
1. Forensic investigation into all inflows/outflows of the Kogi Security Operation Account
2. Probe Real Striker Finance Ltd — ownership, operations, transactions
3. Public disclosure of all ultimate beneficiaries
4. Recovery of diverted funds
5. Prosecution of all culpable persons, “regardless of political status”
6. Reform security vote system nationwide
They’re also calling on Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to “fully cooperate with investigators and provide complete transparency.”
CISLAC slammed the Kogi State Assembly for “incapacitation” and failure to oversee security spending.
CISLAC says security votes remain “one of the weakest links in Nigeria’s public finance management.”
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In their report Camouflaged Cash: How Security Votes Fuel Corruption, they recommend abolishing the discretionary system, creating independent audits, and replacing votes with transparent Security Trust Funds.
The message is blunt: Security votes are public money, not private slush funds. And Kogi may be the latest proof.
