A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced two former top shots of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Mohammed Adamu and Eunice Okoro Udokamma to five years imprisonment each for forging Income Tax Clearance Certificate for unsuspecting taxpayers. The convicts were jailed for five years without the option of fine for forging an Income Tax Clearance Certificate with serial number 05027875 and file number ABJ/PIT/07/CAITO/380. However, due to the passionate plea from their lawyers, Justice Ekwo ordered that the sentence should run concurrently. By the court order, the 1st convict, Mohammed Adam, a dismissed staff of the FIRS will spend one year behind the bar beginning from April 27, 2022. At the time of this report, the 1st convict, Mohammed Adamu had been led to the Kuje Correctional Center in Abuja while the process for the release of the 2nd convict was being intensified by his counsel, Auwwal Ibrahim.

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 27, 2022 22:11 UTC