Officials of the Osun State
Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday stormed the Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife and sealed the main gate and the administrative block over a tax debt
of N1.8 billion.
Our correspondent gathered the
officials of the revenue agency, together with heavily armed security
operatives, stormed the university and sealed the institution after getting an
order of the court to do so.
The main gate of the institution
was sealed by the revenue service on Wednesday morning.
One of the OAU officials told our
correspondent on the telephone that the officials came with policemen and
members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and shut down the main
gate before going ahead to seal other places.
He said the closure of the main
gate led to agitation from staff and others who had business to transact on the
campus.
He said, “Officials of Osun State
revenue agency sealed our main gate, the secretariat and other places this
morning. They came together with armed policemen and NSCDC officials.
“They closed the main gate but
some of the staff, commercial bus drivers and business operators especially
food vendors and others became agitated and this led to a serious crisis. The
gate was eventually opened but other places remain closed.”
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