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EFCC resumes investigation of FIRS officials over more than N1.2 billion fraud

Chidinma Nwagbara by Chidinma Nwagbara
August 18, 2019
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has resumed investigations on the members of staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service over N1.2 billion Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) fraud.

The EFCC on Friday began a forensic analysis of the bank accounts of the FIRS staff by obtaining details of their financial statements in various commercial banks with the aim of discovering the perpetrators of the fraud.

The backstory: In April 2019, the EFCC had reportedly arrested some senior management and junior officials of FIRS over the misappropriation of N2.1 billion which was said to have been taxpayers fund. It was observed that the funds that were paid to the organisation were not received as tax, but as the support services funds of the organization.

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The FIRS officials were also said to have received billions of Naira as travel allowance without embarking on any trip. The EFCC was, however, able to recover part of the DTA allowance from the beneficiaries.

According to reports, there were claims that the FIRS Chairman, Babatunde Fowler had attempted to influence the Acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu to drop the ongoing investigations into the operations of the FIRS but the anti-crime agency persisted with the case.

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So far, the EFCC has made progress with the case, as the Head of the FIRS Coordinator Support Services Group, Peter Hena, who allegedly authorized the illegal payment has been nabbed. He has also revealed how the DTA fraud was perpetrated.

Also, the FIRS Director of Finance, Mr Mohammed Auta, had disclosed that he acted on the instructions of Hena to disburse the fund. Auta and other beneficiaries were said to have received millions of Naira as duty tour allowances.

The Acting EFCC Spokesman, Tony Orilade stated that investigations are still ongoing and the media will be briefed as and when due.

 


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Chidinma Nwagbara

Chidinma Nwagbara

Chidinma holds a degree in Mass communication from Caleb University Lagos and a Masters in view in Public Relations. She strongly believes in self development which has made her volunteer with an NGO on girl child development. She loves writing, reading and travelling. You may contact her via - chidinma.nwagbara@nairametrics.ng

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