AFC West

Two Ex-FIRS Chiefs Bag 5-Year Jail Term Each Over Income Tax Certificate Forgery

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. N120, 000 was collected by the convicts to forge the certificate, the signature of one M. D Naanmiap, a tax controller with FIRS and presented s…