Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State is now locked in a war with Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group as Osun State Board of Internal Revenue Service, (OIRS) stormed and sealed Dangote Quarry located at Ajebandele, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the State over alleged N1.5 billion Tax Default.

Governor Aregbesola and Aliko Dangote

The tax enforcement team was led by Mr Gbenga Akano, Special Adviser to Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Tax and Revenue Matters. Akano revealed that the Dangote Quarry is owing about N1.5 billion tax.

He disclosed that the company has been allegedly evading tax since it started operation on the land many years ago and several letters have been written to the company but yielded no result.

He added that about 30 private local security operatives attached to the company who were suspected to be members of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) attacked the tax enforcement team in an attempt to prevent them from sealing the quarry.

Akano said that the private security operatives allegedly shot at the officials of the IRS, seized their phones and gadgets and harassed them.