Fowler in Over N100bn Tax Evasion Allegation by Alpha Beta EFCC
According to the information reaching Daily Global News, it was reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have in their custody the former Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Babatunde Fowler over an allegation of N100 billion tax evasion levelled against Alpha Beta Consulting (ABC).
It’s believed that the tax consulting firm is owned by the All Progressive Congress, (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Fowler was invited by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and it was said he responded and is still being has quizzed by the commission over the matter.
It was reported that a Former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Dapo Apara, has accused, Alpha Beta Consulting (ABC), of a hundred billion naira (N100 billion) of Tex fraud.
A petition was written in 2018 by Apara saying that Alpha Beta Consulting (ABC) had become an official avenue for corrupt government officials, a conduit pipe for massive money-laundering scheme, tax evasion, among other vices.
The spokesperson to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Fowler was invited by the commission and that he is still with the commission responding to questions.