The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has
arrested Abumere Joseph Osagie, deputy director, regional tax office, Federal
Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, in a case of abuse of office and bribery.
The suspect was picked following a complaint about his
attempt to extort a university proprietor N5 million.
Osagie and Jamila Ojora had on January 27, 2016 allegedly
approached Senator Ahmed Datti, the Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja and
gave him a tax assessment of N20,029,496 through a letter of intent, which he
paid.
However when he requested for the assessment certificate,
they refused to oblige him. Instead they allegedly demanded for N5 million
gratification.
All pleas by him fell on deaf ears. Consequently, he
petitioned the EFCC, and was advised to play along.
Consequently, marked N5 million was delivered to the
director through Ojora in a sting operation.
Ojora was arrested after she collected the N5m. He
confession led to the arrest of Osagie.
The houses of the suspects were searched by operatives of
the EFCC, and documents were recovered.
Investigations is still ongoing.
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