An enforcement team of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), were on Wednesday, attacked by suspected militants at a hotel believed to be owned by Mrs Patience Jonathan in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
According to a statement signed by FIRS spokesperson, Bamidele Johnson, their team led by Chinazor Edeh, arrived at the Aridolf Resort Wellness and Spa, with a warrant signed by its chairman, Babatunde Fowler, to seal up the premises over alleged non-remittance of Value Added Tax (VAT) to the tune of over N10million.
When they arrived at the hotel, Edeh read the content of the warrant to the facility managers and began to inform lodgers and customers of the situation.
“But some militants in the hotel took over the whole place. They threatened to kill every member of the FIRS team, claiming that the enforcement was illegal,” the release said.
It added that when one of the directors of the hotel, one Mr. Victor, arrived at the scene, Edeh also briefed him of the action.
“Victor told the team that the hotel owes only three months VAT and that the staffers of the hotel have not been paid for a number of months because of payment errors”, he added.
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