{"id":31919,"date":"2020-11-02T16:11:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31919"},"modified":"2020-11-02T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:11:18","slug":"efcc-reportedly-arrests-ex-firs-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-reportedly-arrests-ex-firs-chairman","title":{"rendered":"EFCC reportedly arrests ex-FIRS Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Babatunde Fowler.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler, a longtime ally of Bola Tinubu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was arrested over an alleged N5bn fraud carried out while he headed FIRS.<\/p>\n<p>The former FIRS boss is said to be undergoing interrogation at the anti-graft\u2019s office in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sahara Reporters, nine senior officials were detained by the EFCC over alleged multi-billion Naira fraud in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari had sacked Fowler in 2019 after he was issued a query for worsening tax revenues since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Babatunde Fowler. Fowler, a longtime ally of Bola Tinubu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was arrested over an alleged N5bn fraud carried out while he headed FIRS. 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