Two Arrested For Illegal Revenue Collection In Anambra
Anambra State Government has arrested one Chinedu Umeh in Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area, as well as John Amadi in Onitsha for illegal collection of revenues from unsuspecting petty traders and motorists.
Speaking to the ABS after enforcement exercise, the Commander of the taskforce against illegal revenue collection in Anambra State Internal Revenue Service, AIRS, Mr. Nathan Obikwelu, regretted that the outlaws were terrorizing motorists, wheelbarrow pushers, hawkers, tricycle riders, among others, despite the warning by Governor Chukwuma Soludo against the illegal business.
Mr. Obikwelu, who thanked Governor Soludo, as well as the Chairman of AIRS, Dr. Greg Ezeilo, for their supports, vowed that the taskforce will continue to make the state hot for those who are out to sabotage the efforts of the government in ensuring that petty traders are not suffocated through illegal revenue collections.
He warned those who still want to engage in the illegal venture to leave the state or risk going to jail, and disclosed that all those arrested in Nnewi recently for same offense had equally been remanded in Onitsha Correctional Centre.
