Investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has called the attention of billionaire businessman Elon Musk to the activities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria.

This was after the agency came under intense scrutiny when it was linked to conflicts and corruption around the world.

According to Hundeyin, USAID paid $3.3m to a vendor in Nigeria called DAI Global LLC.

He said the payment may be part of some cut-and-dried cases of @USAIDNigeria corruption and money laundering Musk may may want to look into.

He shared on X, "On January 16, 2025, just four days before @realDonaldTrump's inauguration, USAID made a $3.3m payment to a vendor in Nigeria called DAI Global LLC.

"I looked into the payment history and saw that between August 2020 and January 2025, at least $48 million of US taxpayers' money supposedly invested in Nigeria went to DAI Globall LLC, registered in Bethesda, Maryland."

DAI Global, LLC is a privately held development company with corporate offices in more than a dozen countries, including in Bethesda, Maryland, in the United States; London and Apsley, Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom; Abuja and Lagos, in Nigeria; and Brussels, Vienna, and other European capitals.

The organization has James Boomgard as CEO and Tine Knott as President. Its Nigeria Country Director is Joe Abah

DAI claims to have implemented development projects in Nigeria since 1970.

It said after nearly 50 years of remote implementation, the company established a global operating platform in Nigeria—the first of many locally registered, fully fledged, corporate offices manned by professionals who bring technical expertise, local knowledge, and convening power.