Did EFCC really sit on N1.7bn meant for FIRS?

Is it possible that the nation’s major anti-corruption agency, is stinkingly corrupt?

Last week, it was N2trn alleged by Mr Uboh, this weekend it is N1.7bn.

Petitioner, George Uboh, says that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission recovered and failed to remit over N1.7bn seized from 15 companies for the Federal Inland Revenue Service.

Uboh, who has been testifying against the EFCC before a Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition, revealed to journalists on Saturday, that EFCC sat on “over-due taxes on behalf of FIRS.”

He claims that N1,767,594,842.65 recovered between 2010 and 2011, was not remitted to the revenue generating agency.

Uboh said: “FIRS in its submission denied receiving any payments/transfers from EFCC in respect of the said companies.”

 

“EFCC has been the house of refuge where looters hide. I want to demystify EFCC”.

He listed the 15 companies as; Zakhem Construction Limited — N401m; Daewoo Nigeria Limited — N208m; WAPCO — N311m; Mikano International Limited —N16m; Protea Hotel, Apo Apartments — N10m; Reiz Continental Hotels — N32m; Coscharis Motors Limited — N130m; and Elizade Nigeria Limited — N555m.

Others are ITCC Technical Limited, Kaduna — N47m; Grand Ibro Hotel, Abuja — N14m; Efab Properties, Abuja — N19m; Le Meridien Hotel, Port Harcourt – N10m; Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Plc – N2.7m; Ni’ Ima Guest Palace – N2.8m; and Okomu Oil Palm Plc – N5m.

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