Yesterday,
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigned Abumere Joseph
Osagie, a former deputy director, Regional Tax Office of the Federal Inland
Revenue Service (FIRS), and one Jamila Ojora, on a two count charge bordering
on criminal conspiracy and receipt of gratification, before Justice O. O.
Goodluck of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja...
According to Sahara Reporters, Abumere Joseph
Osagie and Jamila Ojora corruptly accepted the sum of five million naira from
one Senator Ahmed Datti as a gift for having done a tax assessment for Baze
University. Osagie and Ojora had on January 27, 2016 allegedly approached
Senator Datti, the Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja and gave him a tax
assessment of N20,029, 496.00 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. N5 million was delivered
to the director through Ojora in a sting operation and she was arrested during
the collection. Her confession also led to the arrest of Osagie. Their houses
were searched by operatives of the EFCC and relevant documents were recovered.
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