2 Fake Revenue Collectors Caught And Molested In Ibadan

Two members of a pretend tax assortment syndicate, recognized as Mr. Friday Emmanuel and Mr. Oyedeji Oyekunle have been arrested by officers of the Oyo State Board of Internal Revenue (OYBIR) in Ibadan.

The duo had been nabbed whereas finishing up their unlawful operation round Agbarigo, Onireke Avenue, Ibadan within the branded jacket of the board on Friday by the officers of the state board of inside income led by Mr Bicci Alli, its Chairman.

The staff was on a tour of the Bodija, Apata and Idi-Iroko markets within the capital metropolis.

The identification playing cards displayed by the suspects had been tagged ‘revenue collector’ with one Joint Tax Board (JTB) advisor.

Items discovered of their possession embrace copies of receipts bearing emblem and title of the state income board, copies of consolidated certificates for vehicles, buses, pickups, automobiles, operational allow clearance certificates, street taxes certificates, driver and conductor’s badges, street consumer’s allow, stage carriage income with JTB packet of used and unused receipts, amongst others.

The suspects disclosed that they had been on appointment with a workers in one of many native authorities councils in Ibadan who pays them on a 50-50 remuneration foundation of no matter quantity they generated per day.

They added that they weren’t on an unlawful operation however on appointment as consultants to the board, as mirrored in one of many identification playing cards.

To show their innocence, the suspects had been informed to make cellphone name to their employer, whose title was merely given as ‘Mr Bayo’ who they claimed works at an undisclosed native authorities in Ibadan, however the efforts had been unsuccessful.

The mentioned Mr Bayo initially failed to choose the calls however later informed the suspect to return to the Ibadan North East LG.

However, different makes an attempt to name the mentioned Mr. Bayo for a affirmation of his location later noticed his cellphone line not connecting because it was mentioned to have been switched off.

The suspects mentioned “we had been employed round March/April 2018 to gather consolidated tax on behalf of the state by one Mr Bayo who we have now been making an attempt to place calls by means of to his line. Though we weren’t given any letter of appointment to that impact however we had been informed that we’ll get a letter from the Commissioner of Police. Up until now, we’re but to obtain the letter.

“We are on 50-50 settlement. That means we take 50 per cent of no matter quantity we accumulate. The receipt is N5,000, nevertheless it’s negotiable. In case we’re unable to make as much as that quantity, we have now to make sure that we deposit the N2,500 proportion per receipt of the receipt offered.”

Alli after listening to them, the Board chairman ordered that they be handed over the to the police for additional investigation.

He emphasised that the federal government didn’t ship any agent to gather its income in no matter format, urging the folks to not patronise such agent or make any cost to them. He added that every one roadside tax assortment was unlawful and as such should not be patronised.

Alli urged the folks of the state to desist from making any monetary cost to any particular person within the title of the state authorities, stating that income accruable to the state authorities had been to be paid to designated banks.