Self-acclaimed billionaire, Jimoh Ibrahim, may not be finding it easy with officials of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), as he was on Monday grilled for several hours by the Special Enforcement Unit of the government agency over allegations of evading the payment of tax totalling N6.8bn.
The amount is the total sum accruing to the government from him since 2006, according to sources within the FIRS.
He was earlier reported to have been arrested and detained by the revenue generation agency, but FIRS said he was invited to defend the allegation and that he was not detained but was allowed to go back home after he was quizzed.
According to the earlier report, Ibrahim, the chairman of Global Fleets, was picked up in his hotel suite at NICON Luxury Suites in Abuja on Monday morning for not remitting the said amount to the coffers of the government. He had travelled to Abuja for a Board meeting of one of the companies in his fleet.
A source within the Service actually confirmed that Ibrahim was forced to the FIRS, following his constant refusal to honour previous meetings. Now, the businessman, according to the source, has agreed to start paying by instalments and this was documented.
