Coscharis Group founder and chairman Dr Cosmas Maduka has alleged that a former Plateau State governor asked his company to double the invoiced price of vehicles as a condition for a supply deal. Maduka made the claim in an interview on the Selah Meditate podcast; the former governor was not named in the remarks.
Key Highlights
- Cosmas Maduka said a former Plateau governor sought a 100 per cent increase in vehicle invoices.
- He said vehicles priced at ₦40 million were to be invoiced at ₦80 million.
- Maduka said he rejected the request and withdrew from the transaction.
- He described the former governor as the immediate predecessor of Caleb Mutfwang, a description that appears to point to Simon Lalong.
- The allegation has not been independently verified, and Lalong’s response was not available in the source material.
Maduka Says He Rejected Invoice Inflation Request
Maduka recounted that the former governor approached Coscharis to supply vehicles and later asked the company to increase the amounts shown on the invoices. “They wanted us to supply vehicles and we delivered vehicles, but they wanted me to inflate invoices of vehicles of ₦40 million to ₦80 million,” he said.
Maduka said he rejected the request and was told there would be no business without the increase, prompting him to withdraw from the transaction.
He further alleged that another buyer eventually purchased the vehicles from Coscharis at the company’s stated price after obtaining invoices elsewhere at an inflated amount. The remarks appeared in a Selah Meditate podcast episode published in August 2025.
Maduka Links Practice to Third-Party Purchases
In the same interview, Maduka suggested that some public officials use intermediaries for vehicle purchases because those intermediaries may agree to inflated invoices. His comments are allegations and do not establish that any specific public official committed an offence.
Maduka did not identify the former governor by name. He described the person as the Plateau governor who immediately preceded Caleb Mutfwang. Simon Lalong held the office from 2015 to 2023, so Maduka’s description appears to point to him, although Maduka did not expressly name Lalong. No response from Lalong or his representatives was available in the material reviewed for this report.
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Allegation Renews Questions About Public Procurement
The allegation has renewed discussion about transparency in vehicle procurement and the use of public funds. Inflating an invoice can create a difference between the price paid for goods and the amount recorded in a transaction, raising accountability concerns when government spending is involved.
Coscharis Motors previously faced scrutiny over its supply of armoured BMW vehicles to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in 2013, during the tenure of then-Aviation Minister Stella Oduah. That earlier controversy is separate from the allegation Maduka has now described.
The former Plateau governor has not been named by Maduka in the reported remarks, and the invoice inflation claim remains unverified. For more updates, follow us on X.
