Reports reaching us from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has it that its former Chairman, Muhammad Nami allegedly approved suspicious payments of N11 billion following his exit from office.
According to FIRS sources, Nami approved the N11 billion suspicious payments after he was sacked by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Insiders squealed that Nami directed staff of the finance, audit, and internal affairs departments to work on Saturday and Sunday to perfect some financial transactions.
Sources alleged that files were moved from the agency’s headquarters to his house, where they were allegedly backdated and signed.
Nami was alleged to have moved about N5 billion to the account of the Joint Tax Board (JTB) from the FIRS account.
Sources said the FIRS Director, Finance and Accounts, was compelled to approve the payments despite allegedly warning Nami about the potential effects.
However, Nami was said to have assured the FIRS Director that there was no cause for alarm, reportedly saying the incoming chairman of the agency would not find out about the approvals.
According to an inside source, Nami’s cousin, Jibrin Jibrin who is an Assistant Manager at the FIRS, assured some members of staff that the payments would raise no concern, alleging that his uncle had “done the needful”.
Meanwhile, Nami we gathered travelled out of the country after the approval of the payments on September 16.
Nami who was sacked by the President was replaced with Zacch Adedeji as the new acting Executive Chairman of the FIRS.
– TheCable
