Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) former Chairman, Muhammad Nami allegedly approved N11 billion in suspicious payments after his exit from office.

Insiders at FIRS have revealed how Nami approved N11 billion suspicious payments after he was fired by President Bola Tinubu.

Sources added that the former FIRS boss allegedly directed staff of the finance, audit, and internal affairs departments to work on Saturday and Sunday to perfect some financial transactions.

Files were allegedly moved from the agency’s headquarters to his house, where they were said to have been “backdated and signed”.

Insiders said that Nami allegedly moved about N5 billion to the account of the Joint Tax Board (JTB) from the FIRS account.

Sources revealed that the FIRS director, finance and accounts, was compelled to approve the payments despite allegedly warning Nami about the potential ripple effects.

Nami was said to have assured the FIRS director that there was no cause for alarm, reportedly saying the incoming chairman of the agency would not find out about the approvals.

An insider said Jibrin Jibrin, Nami’s cousin who is an assistant manager at the FIRS, assured some members of staff that the payments would raise no eyebrows, alleging that his uncle had “done the needful” when the acting executive chairman of the FIRS was the special assistant on revenue to the president.

We gathered that Nami travelled out of the country following the approval of the payments on September 16.

– Source: The Cable