Always dressed modestly in a manner that fits what her mother, Pastor Mrs. Folu Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God represents. What many do not know is that Mrs. Oluwatomi Ayodele Somefun who is her first daughter and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Unity Bank is a silent billionaire. Beyond running the affairs of Unity Bank, Mrs. Somefun runs the affairs of other four companies where millions of Naira passes through on daily basis. These companies we learned, are not listed on her assets form as demanded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), sources disclosed.
Registered on August 20th, 2010, with RC 907620, Banksome Global Resources Limited has Somefun Ayodele Oluwatomi and her husband Somefun Babajide Anthony as directors. No 17, Sabiu Ajose Crescent, Surulere, Lagos State is listed as the initial address on the CAC documents. Again, on 12th March 2012, she registered Banksome Global Bricks and Blocks Limited with RC 1017210, using No 8, Rasheed Williams Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State as address alongside her husband. On 5th July 2012, she went back to CAC with her husband to float Banksome Global Realtors Limited where they were given RC number 1047480. Plot 27B, Providence Street, Lekk1 Phase was used as address. The bank MD sure had her eyes in the oil and gas, to be a major player. This time, she incorporated Banksome Global Petroleum and Energy Limited with her husband as co-director on 8th March 2013. CAC issued them RC number 1101196. Plot 27, Providence Street, Lekk1 Phase was also used as its address.
We have stumbled on financial documents that suggest that these companies may just be Special Purpose Vehicles for carrying out financial details that runs against the laws of the land. Our EPISODE ONE will focus first on Banksome Global Resources Limited. As a UBA staff when the company was opened, Somefun caused Banksome Global Resources limited to open an account with the bank, where 1015728440 and 1015119837 were allocated to her company as account numbers. She also opened account with First Bank and got 3087605494 as account number. Unity Bank also has account from the company with 31383745 as account number. With an account too in Wema Bank, monies were deposited into account number 703270719. With her former position as a decision maker in UBA, she caused her company Banksome Global Resources Limited to be awarded the contract of supply and installation of LED lights in the bank.
On 6th April 2016, the company was paid N18,525,500 for the lights. On 13th April 2016, they were paid N21,646,000 for the same light. On 21st April 2016, the company got another alert of N22,159,500 for the lights. On 27th April 2016, UBA paid her company N20,658,500 for the LED lights. On 6th May 2016, she got paid N20,935,000. On the same day, her company was credited N26,070,000 for the LED lights. on 11th May 2016, they kept hitting jackpots from UBA with a deposit of N18,951,500 for LED lights supply. On 26th May 2016, UBA also credited her company with N10,270,000 and N22,227,000. On 3rd June 2016, the LED lights payment continued as an alert of N21,251,000 hit her company account for 538 units of the light. On 17th June 2016, she got paid N24,016,000 for the supply of 608 units of LED lights from UBA. On 23rd June 2016, UBA paid her company the sum N17,297,580 for 450 units of LED light. Another sum of N12,798,000 for 324 units of LED light was also paid for. On 1st July 2016, UBA paid the company N13,548,500 for 343 units of LED lighting. On 12th July 2016, the bank again paid the company N24,095,000 for 610 units of LED lights. On 20th July 2016, the payment for LED lights continued as N8,018,500 was paid for 203 units of LED lights. On 24th November 2016, the bank again paid N15,642,000 for 396 pieces of LED lights.
All these monies were credited to the company’s UBA account number 1015119837.
On 12th March 2019, her company had a deposit of N500 million from Oakmont Homes Ltd through its GTB account number 149269525. On 14th of the same month, the company moved out N300 million to Amitec construction and Development limited.