This is not the best of times for former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Mr. Babatunde Fowler.
Fowler was today, invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N5bn fraud perpetrated under his watch.
Specifically, the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Alpha Beta Consulting, Dapo Apara, had accused the firm of tax fraud to the tune of N100bn.
In a petition to the EFCC in 2018, Apara stated that Alpha Beta, the firm given exclusive rights to monitor and collect Internally Generated Revenue on behalf of the Lagos Government, “has become an avenue for official corruption of government officials, a conduit pipe for massive money-laundering scheme, tax evasion, among other vices.”
It is believed that the petition is part of the issues the EFCC invited Fowler who was formerly the boss of Lagos Inland Revenue Service, LIRS, to explain.
