A scandal is brewing over an allegation that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC recovered over N1.7b from 15 defaulting companies for the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, but did not remit the money to the agency.
Mr George Ubor who is the CEO of Panic Alert Security System told newsmen in Abuja on Saturday that the money was overdue taxes recovered by the EFCC for the FIRS between 2010 and 2011.He said that the FIRS has already denied any receipts or payments from the EFCC in respect of those companies.
He gave the breakdown of the funds which were recovered by the EFCC but not remitted to FIRS 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, 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.
The total amount recovered by the EFCC from the 15 defaulting companies according to Mr George Ubor is N1,767,594,842.65.
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