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A leading security printing company, Superflux Nigeria Limited, has described as barbaric and spurious, allegations that the company was contracted to print ballots papers by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and in the process favoured certain candidates in the just concluded 2023 general elections.
It also frowned at being tagged as a conduit for money laundering and for siphoning COVID-19 funds, saying such allegations are clearly handiworks of mischief makers and traducers, who were hell bent on tarnishing the reputation of the company and that of a former director, who is presently the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi.
According to the statement signed by the company ‘s Managing Director, Gabriel Okwonko, contrary to rumour making the rounds about being used to siphon COVID-19 funds, the company generously donated millions of naira to various beneficiaries during the pandemic, in line with the conviction on its corporate social responsibility.
The statement added that a sum of N20million was donated to Ogun State, the transaction it said was doctored by mischief makers to look as if money was sent to the company from the state’s purse, wondering why adversaries of its former director would come up with such lies for the purpose of blackmail.
The statement reads: “To address these absolutely false allegations, obviously being cowardly peddled by faceless fellows, we wish to state as follows: Our company is extremely mindful and jealously guards the responsibility the nature of our business puts on us as a corporate entity in the interest of our esteemed customers and the general public.
“Contrary to the false and malicious allegations making the rounds, we state emphatically that our company has never and will never be used as a conduit for money laundering or a vehicle for siphoning public funds or any illegitimate funds at all.
“We find the false allegation that our company retained ballot papers in the 2023 elections for the use and benefit of a particular candidate both disturbing and astonishing; as it is totally false in all ramifications.
“For the records, our company states categorically that it was not contracted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), (the agency in charge of electoral affairs in Nigeria with mandates to conduct elections) to print ballot papers for any elections during the 2023 electoral period.”
