Featured Finance

Two FIRS officials jailed for forging tax documents

A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted two officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mohammed Adamu and Okoro Eunice Udokanmma.

They were charged with falsification of tax documents.

Justice Inyang Ekwo yesterday convicted the two on the five counts contained in the charge marked: FHCABJ/CR/86/2010.

Ekwo held that the prosecution sufficiently proved its case against the defendants through its six witnesses and several exhibits tendered.

The judge convicted Adamu on counts 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 and sentenced him to three months in relation to count 1 and one year in relation to each of the other four counts.

The sentences are to run concurrently beginning from April 27, 2022.

Eunice Udokanmma was convicted on counts 1, 3, 4 and 5 and sentenced to three months on count one and one year on the other counts, effective from April 13, 2010 having earlier served two years in jail.

The two were convicted of falsifying personal income tax clearance certificates for some individuals.

Related posts

China expresses regret over U.S. re-imposing sanctions on Iran

Editor

Eko DisCo earmarks N18b for capital expenditure  

Editor

Nigeria imports 4.87bn litres of petrol in Q1 – NBS

By Abisola THOMPSON

Global investment flows rebound, reaches $852bn in 2021

Shile GIWA

MEMAN applauds local supply as petrol importation reduces

Editor

MPC’s decision worrisome, says MAN

Our Reporter