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Exposed! Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi wayward ways

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For clarity Tokunbo Afikuyomi was a Senator-turned-Commissioner in Lagos State, he has been in politics for quite a while, precisely from the days of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republican Convention (NRC) in the aborted third republic orchestrated Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida administration. The self styled ‘His Excellency’ was also one of the founding members of the Pro National Conference (PRONACO) which the likes of Femi Fani-Kayode were also part of the course.

Moreover, Afikuyomi gained prominence politically when he was elected senator in 1999 to represent Lagos Central on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). In 2003, the he was imposed on the Lagos West Senatorial district and was used to shatter the dreams of Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon (GOS) of becoming the Senator representing the same Senatorial district in 2003, this development however tore the apart. Although the seat was eventually ceded to GOS in 2007 Senatorial poll and he won under AC platform.

Tokunbo Afikuyomi succeeded in completing 8 consecutive years at the hallowed chamber of the Nigeria House of Senate in Abuja, thereafter he decided to contest as the Governorship candidate for the Action Congress (AC) but Babatunde Fashola was the favoured candidate of the sitting Governor that time (Bola Tinubu). He later cross-carpet to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and picked the Guber ticket, but one shocking thing happened that time, Afikuyomi never engage himself in any publicity, in form of jingles, posters, handbills or any other campaign material(s) that could suggest that he was really running for the Governorship poll under ANPP party. The mother of all surprise that the Senator exhibited that time was at the 11th hour to the April 2007 election in Lagos State, when he surreptitiously betrayed ANPP by decamping to AC his former party that he earlier abandoned due to his over ambitious tendencies. And on the election day, he was made the party agent to monitor the collation of results at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office.

After the landslide victory of Governor Fashola in 2007 information available to huhuonline.com shows that Afikuyomi embarrassingly lobbied Bola Tinubu so that he could make the cabinet list. Meanwhile he had condemned Fashola that he does not have the political wherewithal to run the affairs of a complex State like Lagos, and Tinubu and other party stakeholders of their magnanimity granted his quest and he was considered. Afikuyomi who lacks dignity and decorum shamelessly accepted the offer of serving under Governor Fashola as Commissioner for Tourism and Intergovernmental Relations. Investigations conducted by huhuonline.com revealed that he hardly come for cabinet/exco meetings and when he attends he always come late and his contributions are never progress driven.  These attitude of Afikuyomi was considered as a way of life for Afikuyomi going by his antecedents while he was in the Senate; he used fleets of flashy cars with Police aides going about with women for merry making and on other missions that had no bearing with law making with total disregard for serving the interest of his constituency or Nigeria at large. An outcome of his sheer recklessness through use of sirens and disrespect to traffic rules by his long convoys, he was often faced with several arrest and embarrassments by the Police and immigration officers in the neighboring countries like, Ghana, Togo, Republic of Benin etc. For his extra marital affairs, despite that he is legally married with children; Afikuyomi has destroyed many lives of most promising female children both in Nigeria and in diaspora. A typical example of this is what he did to a lady who bears same name with him, Tokunbo Adebanjo (now 40 years old) former staff of British Airways; she (Tokunbo) is also a daughter to the prominent Adebanjo family of Ogun State (of Ijebu extraction). The relationship was said to have lasted for over 10 years. After several abortions, Toxie as fondly called by her friends could no longer bear it, she then traveled to UK and nurtured the pregnancy until she eventually gave birth to a baby boy, who looks exactly like Afikuyomi. The baby was named Oluwatitofunmi Afikuyomi. Anyone who sees the child will know that Afikuyomi’s gene/blood is very potent and dominant in the physical characteristics of the little boy.  Tokunbo Adebanjo a.k.a Toxie is still a single mother, and she is still somehow committed to the Tokunbo Afikuyomi. The Senator is frequent to the UK at least on a monthly basis while the lady also visits Nigeria once in a while.

A source confirmed that Afikuyomi is doing all that so that the secret would not leak out; little did he know that huhuonline.com searchlight is overwhelming.   As at the last count, he is said to have at least three love children outside his marriage. He has three boys from his wife who is the first daughter of the former judge of World Court and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Prince Bola Abimbola who owns an Islamic University in Nigeria. One of these love children is said to be a female. Though names were not revealed to huhuonline.com but a source confirmed that Afikuyomi has had relationships with several female celebrities in Nigeria; a female broadcaster who had a love child for an ex-footballer, a female politician in the House of Assembly who is the daughter of a Lagos High chief, a female furniture company owner in Oregun and countless numbers of actresses in Nollywood.

Huhuonline.com deep accounts of facts show that in 1999 Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo said in 1989 Afikuyomi was involved in a criminal case for which he jumped bail. It was further revealed that Keyamo confirmed that Afikuyomi was involved in Advance Fee Fraud otherwise known as ‘419’ and was charged to court for these offences but allegedly ran away from justice. Keyamo said that due to the poor record system in the country and lack of data bank, the police do not know that this man who worked his way into the Senate and now state commissioner should indeed be on their wanted list. Keyamo further disclosed that he painstakingly went through the records of all four magistrate courts at Apapa before he stumbled upon the court record, which indicated quite interestingly, that it was on June 12, 1989 that Afikuyomi was arraigned on a two-count charge of advance-fee fraud known as ‘419’ and stealing a passport. Keyamo, who attached photocopies of court charges against Afikuyomi’s warrant of arrest with the Senator’s passport photograph, police diary of action, taken among others to buttress his allegation called on the press, Alliance for Democracy (AD) on whose platform the Senator was elected, the National Assembly, the human rights community and the Inspector General of Police to act immediately and let the truth prevail.  

Apart from Keyamo’s claims huhuonline.com can also reliably inform the world that Afikuyomi duped Mr. George Ani of an undisclosed millions of naira. Ani gave him the money in trust to procure land for him at a choice area in Lekki and Ikoyi but the unsuspecting George was swindled by Afikuyomi and no compensations or refund was made to his victim.

However the current scandal hanging on the neck of the Senator-turned-Commissioner, Tokunbo Afikuyomi as well as the AC led Lagos Government is the case of the Sunburn Yacht Hotel. Initially, at the launch of the vessel, Afikuyomi made public statements that the procurement of the 105-bed floating hotel was a public private partnership (PPP) initiative. But at another event, Fashola, the sitting Governor denied that the state was not in any way involved in the purchase of the vessel. When the vessel was brought down to Lagos, Afikuyomi at the launch stated that, that will be the first of its kind in Africa and it would put the state in the league of the first five leading economies of the world with similar hospitality facility and tourism earnings capabilities. The hopes were that the floating hotel would revive the tourism sector in Lagos State. He also claimed that the hotel would put Lagos on the same pedestal as major tourist melting pot like Paris, New York, Barcelona, and Helsinki, also describing the transfer of the hotel to Lagos as a significant achievement by the Governor Fashola administration.

Afikuyomi has earlier boasted that winning the bid for the yacht, over other cities that bided for it is a reflection of the “combination of talents, assets, resources and potentials” of the state government and private sector. Surprisingly, the earlier promise of the yacht hotel has failed to materialize, instead, what Afikuyomi seems to have managed to do is trigger what may become the worst public relations challenge for Fashola’s administration. Besides the yacht it still a shadow of itself it has not been refurbished the facilities inside are eye-sore, and no clear cut ownership has been defined yet.  Though the state government denied being involved in the procurement, but now, some of the opposition parties in the state, the Democratic People’s Alliance (DPA) and Peoples’ Democratic Party PDP recently accused the state government of lack of sincerity and open deception to the good people of Lagos State who have suffered all sort of taxes from the government that is not wearing human face. It was also gathered that Afikuyomi was the one who wrongfully advised the State Government to introduce 5 percent consumption tax to all Hotels in Lagos. Meanwhile about 100 hotels have teamed up and sued Fashola Government to Court over this 5 percent consumption tax and they were lucky enough because the law Court granted them all their prayers.

The vessel was designed by Lasse Heikkinen, a Finnish ship architectural company and bought from its former owners Sunburn International, Finland. Before it was brought to Lagos, the yacht was reportedly taken to Brazil for refurbishing for an undisclosed amount. Since the yacht was built without an engine of its own, it has to be towed to whatever destination it is taken to. Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT), a yacht logistics company, conveyed the Sunburn Yacht Hotel to the country for N80 million. Could it really be that Afikuyomi is the sole owner of the vessel? Since the state government has denied being involved in the deal, definitely, Multi-Purpose Infrastructural Development Company (MIDC), the company that facilitated the yacht deal can be said to be the owner of the ship.  A source who elected anonymity told huhuonline.com that the purchase of the yacht was facilitated by fictitious company flouted by Afikuyomi was actually the the company that bought the sunborn Hotel and that it was facilitated by Diamond Bank. Investigations are still on by huhuonline.com to unveil the name of the company, the supporting documents and names of individuals who ‘fronted’ for Senator Afikuyomi  

 
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Taiwo Oladejo  - Enemies of the state   |2009-11-01 23:38:38
Somebody just introduced this web blog to me some 3 days back, my cousin (Forsy
th), since then I don 't regret reading the content in this site. This i s indee
d embarrassing that Bola Tinubu can bring s ome like Afikuyomi to Fashola's admi
nistration aft er all these years of atrocities in the Senate and now he is doi
ng all he could to destroy the works of the 'angel' we have as Governor we curr
ently i n the state, now huhu.com has taken a bold step to unearth this explosi
ve and top secret to. I'll a lso avail myself as Ambassador to propagate this e
xcesses of Afikuyomi in Lagos State.
And if I may ask is huu.com place of abod
e in Nigeria? Because a publication like this might amount to a security threa
t.
Tola  - Shame! Shame!! Shame!!!   |2009-11-02 00:28:16
Fellow Nigerians for how long will Nigeria continu e to celebrate criminals in o
ur midst and even giv e them the opportunity to man sensitive and key po sitions
in the political circle, especially in the direct representation of the people
whether at th e local, state or federal level? Afikuyomi is not just greedy he
is a persona nongtanta in the schem e of things. This madness need to come to a
n end o therwise it can drag AC to its undeserving and reg rettable end, stakeho
lders should take note pls!!! !!!!
Rufus Kayode Oteniya  - Not a surprise   |2009-11-02 09:25:09
For those of us who know Afikuyomi closely, we do not expect anything better fr
om him. He does not a nd may never belong to the kind side of prosperity . Anywa
y, he would have to pay for all these altro cities sooner than later.
Las  - Afikuyomi must be sacked   |2009-11-02 10:06:55
If AC Government are serious has they have always claim to be, being a strong o
pposition to the ruli ng PDP I think the best thing for them is to reli ef Afik
uyomi of his position as the Commission for i whatever nomenclature they give to
the office he is currently occupying. This is a shame irredeema ble no sane mi
nded democrat or progressive will be have this way.
Unfortunately Afikuyomi is n
ot a La gosian by birth or origin so behaving like a basta rd in a strange land
wont be out of place sometime . HUHU this is a big catch for you, you deserve to
be awarded for this thorough investigative work. By exposing all these corrup
t leaders is an unendi ng joy and happiness for us the neglected and defe nseles
s citizens.
Kayode Olateju  - All Politicians are Liars   |2009-11-02 12:19:53
Can someone simply tell me if we really have a lea der in Nigeria all we have ar
e looters of the trea sury. Forget all media propaganda that AC is pushi ng all
this while, they are not the same, be it, D PA, PDP, AA, AD, ANPP, APGA etc.
Wha
t Nigeria need s now is revolution so that the country can be at peace. I'm afr
aid AC has been using PPP thing to l oot a l ot of money from Lagos and people a
re bein g forced to pay taxes through there nose its terri ble what kind of worl
d are we? This is no longer b earable
Rasaq Ilori  - Lagos Commissioners are Minister in Disguise   |2009-11-02 14:37:47
May be Fashola should have done what other Souther n Governors are doing, he sho
uld have taken them t o Shrine at Ikorodu to swear before appointing the m as Co
mmissioner, because he has many professiona l politicians around him as Commissi
oners who appe ar to be too big for him to bend to his directives . People like
Enoch Ajiosho, Afikuyomi, Ademola Ad ele, Bamidele Opeyemi,. They are all big bo
ys in L agos, infact Lagos Commissioners make more money t han Federal Minister
in Nigeria, this is hilarious and strange but it's true, absolutely true
Forsyth  - No more mess   |2009-11-02 15:20:25
We cant continue this way oooo, we really need to put this people on check, the
y have ruined this sy stem in the local, state and federal level. Ther e are o
ne million and one Afikuyomi's in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole, I beg enough is
enough. The n ews we hear everyday about our leaders here in UK is very disgus
ting. One thing I know is that oneda y huhu.com will get tired publishing this b
izarre
Ben Agande Lawal  - Cheap Balckmail   |2009-11-02 19:20:08
But why do we like to destroy ourselves as a peopl e? Mr. Asiwe has openly disap
pointed me by publish ing a story like this, but himself is aware of the great
achievements of the current leadership Lago s State and a story like this about
Afikuyomi can never be true, he could be lousy and all that but he doesn't dri
nk and he hardly talks. Little mista kes you journalist will overblown it out of
propor tion. so what?
Temenu Olatokunbo   |2009-11-03 07:25:49

How cheap men change, where are our values???
Chike Okonkwo   |2009-11-03 07:27:15

Lagosians,una don de see the thing wey tinubu se e in 2007!
Bola  - Mrs   |2009-11-03 07:28:00
Can someone tell me who is a Saint among all Polit icians?I need to know who wou
ld be desribed as a s aint.They are all the same including Bola TInubu,T he face
that Fashola is performing in Lagos doesnt make him a saint either.This is one
of the cheap blackmails they use in maiming themselves.Im sure Afikuyomi is b
ecoming a threat to someone now.Im n ot saying Afikuyomi is a saint but please,t
hey all do the same thing.
Oldboy K   |2009-11-03 10:01:33
I am very sure that the author of this material di d published the story not bec
ause he love Nigeria and Nigerians as many people will believe, he/she did it
for a purpose either what he intend. It is either for what he intend to gain or
is already ga ining that he believe Afikuyomi may properly distu rb him.

My
advise to the author is that since h e has started with Afikuyomi, he should als
o look inside his family if he will not found as many Afi kuyomis as possible a
mong them. He should then fol low up with their own story too.
THOSE WHO ARE LI
VING IN GLASS HOUSE MUST NOT THROW STONE.
jolly boy  - be sincere with your self.   |2009-11-03 10:27:28
can you tell me among the millions of people livin g in the country including th
e authour, wether the y are honest tothere spouses or in there place of there w
ork or to the country as hall.
mr authour i don,t think if u go on research be
fore you pupli shed this unfiltered story. don,t you know that yo u are walking
naked on the street and you forget t o see your nakedness u went on telling peop
le that they are walking naked.
who is naked among u?
Femi Obayori   |2009-11-03 11:42:56
I know this man very well. this X-ray is a perfect scan save that Tokunbo himse
lf cannot claim to be a one of the founders of PRONACO; if you said he contrib
uted to its bastardization - yes i'll agree with you. This man builds in order
to destroy and destroys in order to build air castles. he is a p layer like any
other nigerian politician. so what is new?
Sarah H.   |2009-11-03 13:37:56
Classic Afikuyomi, i met this man as senator in Ab uja, and i am not surprised a
t this report. His w ays were niot straight then and i will assume the status
quo is still the same.
Ejiro  - Fall of STA   |2009-11-03 14:34:29
This is too revealing, he should have give up long before now. When we knew thi
s man he was very upr ight and decent but all of a sudden he changed, an d that
is taking him to the verge of political sui cide Tinubu and Fashola should disso
ciate themselv es from Afikuyomi, because it is obvious that he i s a bad influe
nce to them and to the party. Afikuy omi I pity your wife, because she would be
the mos sad person if this news gets to her
Kingsley   |2009-11-03 18:11:12
God will continue to catch them one by one, the lo oters of our treasury
Richie  - Integrity   |2009-11-04 01:35:41
In journalism you ought to know that pictures of c hildren under a certain age a
re not to be publishe d without clouding the face , It would be apprecia ted if
you rectify this great blunder, We also hav e to be careful when trying to expos
e people that the whole story isn't tarnishing images of other i nnocent people
.
Queen  - Stop critisim   |2009-11-23 14:24:10
Tokunbo is not what they say he is. PERIOD! Who ar e we to judge? No one is inno
cent and remove the i nnocent babys pixs,...
jimmy  - well investigated story   |2009-11-04 10:52:19
U re doing aa marvellous job by exposing the way w ard lifestyle of our top cele
brities. Kudos 4 a jo b well done
Anonymous   |2009-11-05 20:15:01
what do you expect? this is easy money to make. He is a fradulent man. He came
to Boston and promise d an Organization that invited him $3000 and almos t 5 yea
rs now never give the money. He is a fraudu lent man. What a shame. An embarassm
ent to human r ace and family.
Calad   |2009-11-06 03:56:25
There is no reason here to blame AC for Afikuyomi wrong doing, because among th
e 12 there must be a Judas, the mistake by AC is that, they suppose to know th
is man call Afikuyomi back ground so well, and know what he is up to, Democarac
y is what we n eed in Nigeria, but the politican must be people o f integrity, a
nd not swindlers, All Nigerian shoul d have it in mind that THERE İS NO WHERE İN
THE WO RLD WHERE THERE İS A PERFECT DEMOCRACY, BUT DEMOCR ACY İS THE PERFECT OP
TİON.

God Bless Nigeria, Go d Bless my Home.
Abosede Victory  - I believe he can change-   |2009-11-06 10:57:57
Nobody including the authour of the above story is really a saint - A lot of Ni
geria men are into bi g time infidelity, The story about Tokunbo Afikuyo mi happ
en to be hot because of his position in Nig eria, there are so many irresponsibl
e men whose bu siness is to destroy the life of young ladies. But I must say th
at the published story regarding th e celebrity ladies in question are untrue!
I know the ladies very well, they have no such relationsh ip with STA! be caref
ul of what you publish as y ou will dent the image of innocent people who only
associate officially with STA. I believe that STA needs to be checked by Gov
Fasola for his excesse s! he must calm down and be focussed! Let us all pray f
or him , our leaders and people in authourit y, they get really possessed and mi
sbahave. May Go d bless Nigeria
Babajide   |2009-11-06 13:56:09
STOP! some Afikuyomi's publicists are also droppin g comments on this field I me
an common thread, the y are complaining about the publication of minor's pix he
re, if huhu has not provided the pix they w ill say it's not true, if Huhu has n
ot given the n ame of the girl they will still say the reports la cked merits, s
o huhu investigations was perfect a nd we should remember that the author said
the lov e child looks like Afikuyomi, so if he has not pro vided the pix it will
still mess up the whole repo rt...Although I agreed Huhu should not have mentio
ned the girl father's name, afterall the respected Adebanjo family even the ba
by himself wouldnt hav e adviced their daughter to follow Afikuyomi, agai n that
part made her to suffer double tragedy pls don't stop exposing them there are
one million and one Afikuyomi's in Nigeria and in Fashola govt, G od is your st
rength huhu continue the excellent jo b
hugo   |2009-11-06 14:28:13
I was once asked to contribute my hard earned mone y to Afikuyomi's senatorial a
mbition in Staten Isl and,New York,some years ago.
Imagine what the guy has tu
rn out to be;a damn blood sucker .
Damilola   |2009-11-08 17:55:03
Hugo, you are ostensibly right STA is a blood suck er
Gbenga F.  - Afikuyomi can still change   |2009-11-14 05:58:28
Thank s for this substantive revelation Afikuyomi needs to change from these in
human behaviours of h is, he has the dream of becoming the Governor of t he Stat
e he should change his ways so that that dr eam can become real. People like Tin
ubu and Fashol a should help in making him a resourceful tool to Lagos and Nige
ria at large, I am not happy with th is reports because it does not speak well o
f Actio n Congress that I belong
babjide sipson  - syncere comments   |2009-12-08 16:02:13
I noticed you mentioned the senator sleeping with the partner of an ex football
er its an Open secret the senator is sleeping with Funmi Iyanda and Rem i Lagos
who are best of friends. I can tell you th a Tokunbo who is my close friend doe
s not care abo ut what is said about him but I think the little b oys picture sh
ould not be shown as I know that he is not tokunbos son. I do not condone tokun
bos act ions but lets get our facts .
Omolara Ajose  - Jide you are wrong   |2009-12-16 08:55:44
Babajide wake up from your slumber, (I'm sorry abo ut my harsh tone) I was in Lo
ndon myself when some one forwarded this link conveying this scandalous story t
o me. Afikuyomi is the biological father of the little boy Oluwatitofunmi, his
mother used to be my friend until when the silly Senator attempt s to start sle
eping with me too. the author really captured the escapes of Afikuyomi he is a
complet e irresponsible man.
Yusuf Gbajumo  - This is shocking   |2009-12-16 09:27:24
Rubbish shame on all the supporters of Afikuyomi, this is a disgrace at its ebb
. something worthwhil e has to be done as soon as possible. I just read this st
ory now I cry for this generation. Leadersh ip is not suppose to be done in a ma
nner like this .
Prince Chisom Moneke  - Who is exempted in critisim   |2010-01-20 13:47:24
My own is dat even if he is what some people claim he is!! Then what about U? P
ls u guys should take off wht u ave in your own eyes before trying to t ake off
others. ADVISERS, CRITICS, JUDGES, RIGHTEO US PEOPLE..... Who is a perfect man
in this world? Tell me!!! Go and read ur Bible, and start asking GOD for forgi
veness of ur own sins. AMEN!
Prince Chisom Moneke  - WHY?   |2010-01-20 13:51:29
My own is dat even if he is what some people claim he is!! Then what about U? P
ls u guys should take off wht u ave in your own eyes before trying to t ake off
others. ADVISERS, CRITICS, JUDGES, RIGHTEO US PEOPLE..... Who is a perfect man
in this world? Tell me!!! Go and read ur Bible, and start asking GOD for forgi
veness of ur own sins. AMEN!
seun  - Mr   |2010-01-31 11:53:32
I am not surprise at this irresponsible acts of th is young man, he has displaye
d a long list of arro gance and this is unbecoming of a leader in a civi lised s
ociety.
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