Former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler is being questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for over N100 billion tax evasion allegation levelled against a tax firm, Alpha Beta Consulting.
Fowler was Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LSIRS), and there were allegations of financial impropriety which he is being linked to while in office.
A former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Alpha Beta Consulting, Dapo Apara, had accused the firm of tax fraud to the tune of N100 billion.
In a petition to the EFCC in 2018, Apara stated that Alpha Beta, the firm given exclusive rights to monitor and collect Internally-Generated Revenue on behalf of Lagos Government, “has become an avenue for official corruption by government officials, a conduit pipe for massive money-laundering scheme, tax evasion, among other vices.”
