{"id":146567,"date":"2022-02-09T17:49:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T16:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=146567"},"modified":"2022-02-09T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T16:49:08","slug":"oyo-govt-reveals-why-it-sealed-ibedc-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/09\/oyo-govt-reveals-why-it-sealed-ibedc-offices\/","title":{"rendered":"Oyo Govt reveals why it sealed IBEDC offices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oyo State Board of Internal Revenue has disclosed that it sealed offices of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company over a tax default in excess of N400m.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday by the chairman of the revenue board, Femi Awakan.<\/p>\n<p>According to Awakan, the state government duly obtained a distraining order of the Oyo State High Court before sealing some of the offices of the distribution company.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the offices affected by Wednesday\u2019s action include the company\u2019s headquarters in Ring Road, Ibadan and its offices at Mobil, off Ring Road, Dugbe, Ojoo\/Iwo Road office as well as Monatan, all in Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that\u00a0the disco alleged that the Governor Seyi Makinde government illegally sealed off its offices following the disconnection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/21\/amcon-takes-over-ibadan-electricity-distribution-company\/\">electricity<\/a> supply to the State Secretariat which also houses the Governor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOyo State Government is owing IBEDC a whooping consumption outstanding of N450 million for over a period of three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo business in this country can run successfully with such a huge outstanding,\u201d IBEDC had claimed.<\/p>\n<p>However, the state\u2019s internal revenue board in its reaction, said it took the decision to seal off the offices of the distribution company over a tax default in excess of N400m.<\/p>\n<p>The state government also said it had applied for the warrant to enforce the payment through suit No. M\/122\/2022, which has the governor, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and the Board of Internal Revenue Service of Oyo State as applicants, while IBEDC is the respondent.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the state government had, in line with its avowed commitment to the observance of the rule of law, filed an application before Justice O.M Olagunju, seeking the issuance of a warrant authorising its officers to \u201cdistrain upon any land, premises or places of which the respondent (IBEDC) is the owner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The revenue agency said the court order was to enable the state government to enforce the payment of arrears of taxes to the tune of N400,546,111,41k, being taxes accumulated by the IBEDC in respect of Harmonised bills, Infrastructure bills, Tax Audit bills and Signage bills, and which the company has failed to pay in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is to be noted that the IBEDC has a statutory obligation to deduct and remit revenue bills to the government of Oyo State through the Board of Internal Revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also to be noted that the distribution company failed and neglected to remit any such personal income tax of its employees within the period under review and that the Board of Internal Revenue several times served requisite demand notices calling attention to the company\u2019s tax liabilities\/obligations,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Relying on section 45 of the Revenue Law of Oyo State, the presiding judge, Justice O.M Olagunju, issued the warrant to seal up IBEDC offices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, the Board of Internal Revenue, acting on the valid court order, put effect to the warrant and sealed off some of the offices of the IBEDC in order to enforce the payment of the outstanding bills,\u201d the revenue board boss added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oyo State Board of Internal Revenue has disclosed that it sealed offices of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company over a tax default in excess of N400m. 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