Bayelsa Board Of Internal Revenue Seals Off Chinese Company Over Tax Default
The Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue, on Wednesday, sealed off a Chinese company, Hilong Oil Services and Engineering Company Limited, over alleged tax default of N109.5m. It was alleged that the company, which carries out services for oil companies, including Shell Petroleum Development Company, had allegedly been owing the state government for five years.
The enforcement team of BIR, with full complement of security operatives, drawn from the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, stormed the premises of HOSEC located at Elebele, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state, about 9am, carried out the sealing.
However, the enforcement team was not immediately allowed to gain entry into the premises by soldiers guarding the company until an unnamed official of the company came, after some disagreement, allowed them to carry out their operation.
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