A suit filed by MTN Nigeria Communications Limited against the Attorney General of the Federation over N242bn and $1.3bn import duties and withholding tax assessments was on Wednesday stalled. The suit which was billed to go on before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos was stalled due to the absence of a witness of the AGF. The communications company in the suit instituted by a writ had challenged the legality of the AGF’s assessment of import duties, withholding tax and value-added tax in the sums of N242bn and $1.3bn. MTN also sought the court order vacating the AGF’s demand letter dated August 20, 2018, for the sums of N242bn and $1.3bn from it. Also, the telecommunications company claimed N3bn in damages against the AGF.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 26, 2019 15:45 UTC