A former Deputy National
Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank,
has faulted the sealing of Intels, a company belonging to the former Vice
President, Atiku Abubakar, by the Federal Inland Revenue (FIRS).
Frank in a statement, Monday, in
Abuja warned federal government agencies, including FIRS not to drag itself
into the politics of 2019 elections.
According to the statement; “This
is not the time to play politics with the issues of governance. Could it be
another ploy to weaken Alhaji Atiku Abubakar ahead of his perceived ambition
for 2019?”
“It is pertinent to note that in
the history, since the establishment of Intels, no federal government has ever
persecuted the company like this present government. The action of the FIRS,
NPA, and FTZ as agencies of government is and can be seen to be attempts to
humiliate Atiku.
“How come FIRS just realized the
non-payment of tax by Intels? The export free zone just realized that Intels is
operating illegally. If the agencies just realized all these, it means they
have shown total failure in discharging their duties. Let’s learn to follow due
process,” he warned.
However, asking the presidency to
promptly intervene before it gets out of hands, Comrade Frank added: “I want to
believe that the presidency is not aware of this over bearing and over
zealousness on the part of these government agencies. By this, I ask the
presidency to promptly intervene in this matter before it gets late.”
He further warned the government
agencies to thread carefully, stressing: “my thoughts are that some political
leaders who are afraid of his profile and hell bent on truncating his perceived
ambition are behind all these.
“The good news is that no matter
what these agencies of government do, the prerogative and his decision to run
for presidency come 2019 is his fundamental right and rightly so if he so
desires. Nigeria as it is today has a lot going on and this latest brazen acts
by government agencies is the least on the minds of Nigerians”, he added.
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