The Anambra State government yesterday sealed off two
branches of Union Homes Saving and Loan in Onitsha and Nnewi.
The action was an enforcement of the order of an Onitsha
High Court issued on December 14, 2014.
A team of staff of Internal Revenue Service, led by the Head
of Enforcement Mr. Basil A.
Onwuzulume arrived the Onitsha branch of the bank
at 11.30am yesterday and told the few staff of the bank on duty to pack their
things and leave, because he was there with his team to effect an order of the
court obtained against the bank for failure to meet up with its tax
obligations.
The bank was said to be owing remittance of its Pay As You
Earn deductions made from its staff between January 2002 and December 2007,
amounting to more than N450 million.
Soon after they moved out, Mr. Onwuzulume locked the
entrances to the bank and sealed off the gates to prevent movement in and out
of premises.
From there, the team drove to the office of the bank at Bank
Road Nnewi, where a similar action was carried out.
In answer to a question, Mr. Onwuzulume said the seal off of
the two branches of the bank was the climax of series of appeals and
interactions between the Internal Revenue Service, Anambra State and the
authorities of the bank over its tax evasion.
He explained that when all appeals to comply failed, his
office went to court and obtained court judgment since December 2014.
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