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The Lagos State Government on Tuesday sealed a firm along Adeniji Jones, Ikeja, for allegedly assaulting an official of the state’s Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).
Mrs Folasade Coker-Afolayan, the Head, Distrain Unit of LIRS, was said to have been attacked and wounded when she served a notice of tax default on the firm.
It was learnt that the incident occurred when an official of the firm ordered Coker-Afolayan and others out of the company’s premises.
The firm, it was said, allegedly owed the state government N11.5 million in unremitted personal income taxes of its workers in 2012.
Mr Sam Osunde, Managing Director of the company, however, told reporters that the company’s officials resisted the attempt to seal the company because it also served as his residence.
Osunde said that the injury sustained by Coker-Afolayan was not deliberate.
He said the injury occurred during the fracas between the revenue enforcement officials and the company staff.
The revenue enforcement officials later reported the matter at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, which promptly arrested Osunde for questioning.
Mrs Folasade Coker-Afolayan, the Head, Distrain Unit of LIRS, was said to have been attacked and wounded when she served a notice of tax default on the firm.
It was learnt that the incident occurred when an official of the firm ordered Coker-Afolayan and others out of the company’s premises.
The firm, it was said, allegedly owed the state government N11.5 million in unremitted personal income taxes of its workers in 2012.
Mr Sam Osunde, Managing Director of the company, however, told reporters that the company’s officials resisted the attempt to seal the company because it also served as his residence.
Osunde said that the injury sustained by Coker-Afolayan was not deliberate.
He said the injury occurred during the fracas between the revenue enforcement officials and the company staff.
The revenue enforcement officials later reported the matter at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, which promptly arrested Osunde for questioning.
