Former Governor of Oyo State,
Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, on Thursday condemned the action of some
agents of the state government for sealing his property in Ibadan, the state
capital.
Recall that the state
government had on Thursday sealed the National Horticultural Research
Institute, (NIHORT), located at Idi-Ishin area of Ibadan, the state capital for
failing to remit its workers Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax to the coffers of the
state government.
It also sealed no fewer than ten
other firms during an inter-ministerial enforcement exercise across the capital
city.
Alao-Akala’s property located at
Dugbe in the heart of Ibadan, the state capital was also sealed during the
raid.
Chairman, Oyo State Board of
Internal Revenue, (OYBIR), Mr. Bicci Alli, while speaking on the raid on
Thursday, explained that the affected organisations defaulted in the
remittances since 2003.
Alili said government’s concern
was, “To ensure that all taxes, dues and revenues accruable to the coffers of
the state government are duly paid”.
But, Alao-Akala, while reacting
insisted that the sealing of his property was politically motivated.
The former governor in a
statement issued on his behalf by Jeremiah Akande, Head, New Media and Public
Affairs, Alao-Akala Campaign Organisation urged his supporters to be calm and continue to be law-abiding.
Alao-Akala said, “Oyo State
Government today under the guise of non-compliance with tax payment launched a
disguised attack on the person and properties of His Excellency, Otunba Adebayo
Alao-Akala.
“At about 12.30pm this afternoon,
staff of the Oyo Board of Internal Revenue stormed one of the Properties of
Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala located at No. 32, Oba Adebimpe Road, Dugbe, Ibadan
with policemen and members of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corp and sealed up the
property after presenting a letter from the Revenue Board giving one Mrs
Oludewa the authority to seal the property.
“The business complex popularly
called Ile Itesiwaju and houses business concerns worth over 3 Billion Naira is
presently under lock and key and most of the shop owners and customers locked
inside the complex.
“The general public is hereby put
on notice and all lover and supporters of His Excellency, Otunba Adebayo
Alao-Akala, are urged to remain peaceful, maintain calm and not to take laws
into their hands as it is glaring, this action is political motivated as 2019
is around the corner”.
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