For
one, the cover page of the document was entitled “Report of the Office of the
Auditor-General on the Special Audit of the Accounts of the Civil Pensions For
the Period 2005 – 2010 Financial Years”.
The
document was a “Special Audit of Account”, and was never labelled “Audit
Observation” as the Auditor-General is struggling to make the world to believe.
The
report, which is a definite outcome of an investigation, arose from the work of
a Special Audit Team constituted by the Auditor-General in May 2011 to conduct
a comprehensive examination of the accounts of the Civilian Pension Department
domiciled in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
The
audit, which covered the period 2005 -010, uncovered monumental financial
irregularities, opaque transactions, irregular and abnormal running costs, and
outright stealing and kick-backs at the Head of Service’s office, a trend said
to have reached its zenith during the 18 months that Mr. Oronsaye served as
Head of Service.
Although
the auditors also uncovered financial irregularities during the
