IkpeAzu using state fund to bribe himself out as usual.

seunmsg:


Still goes to show that the governors legal team is incompetent. If the evidence of the state internal revenue is key to the governors defence, his legal team should have appealed the refusal refusal of the trial judge to admit the witness of the state IRS. If their appeal was successful, the judge would have allowed them to testify.

Pls educate them my brother... Me don tire to talk

nwadiuko1:
you cannot just walk into a courtroom and start talking as a witness, according to ikpeazu's legal team, they asked that the issuing authority be called as a witness, the judge overruled them.............

Nwadiuko like seunmsg argued and I quote verbatim

Still goes to show that the governors legal team is incompetent. If the evidence of the state internal revenue is key to the governors defence, his legal team should have appealed the refusal of the trial judge to admit the testimony of the state IRS. If their appeal was successful, the judge would have allowed them to testify.


They can appeal up to Supreme Court just to enable the state Board of Internal Revenue give their evidence

seunmsg:
Nonsense, they should have presented this evidence in court before the judgement was given.

Did u read d post atall,if nt re-read with understanding b4 commenting sir

NgeneUkwenu:
Medicine After Death....You can only convince the overly sentimental IPOB Vandals with this afterthought....

That his taxes having been deducted by his afore said employers and remitted to the service within the relevant years will not be said to have been paid on the same day, as such were paid as at
when due. In fact the issue of payment as at when due does not apply to PAYE taxes
because the tax payer has no part to play in the deduction and remittance of his PAYE as the same is done by his employer. Where there is failure to deduct and remit PAYE taxes, it is the employer and not the tax payer that is liable. See LSIRS and Seven Up Bottling Company reported in year 2000.

Finally, we state emphatically for the records and for the attention of the general public that we were never invited (subpoenaed) by the court or the plaintiff, Dr.
Uchechukwu Ogah during the pendency of the subject suit that led to the judgment in Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu’s tax matter to state the authenticity or otherwise of the tax papers in issue.

I know how you feel After reading this parts.

kahal29:


Nwadiuko like seunmsg argued and I quote verbatim

Still goes to show that the governors legal team is incompetent. If the evidence of the state internal revenue is key to the governors defence, his legal team should have appealed the refusal of the trial judge to admit the testimony of the state IRS. If their appeal was successful, the judge would have allowed them to testify.


They can appeal up to Supreme Court just to enable the state Board of Internal Revenue give their evidence

let's just say the governor's legal team weren't very efficient in the discharge of their legal duties, you must also agree with me that the judge wasn't very sincere in the discharge of her ficiduary duties because no judge worth his salt will disallow a defendant of such an avenue to prove his or her innocence........are we on the same page yet?

nwadiuko1:
lol bro......read up about subpoena...... then come back and comment

nwadiuko1:
lol bro......read up about subpoena...... then come back and comment

bro,i have been following your comments on this forum and i think you make a lot of sense.would want to meet you.how possible is it?

kahal29:


Now whose duty is it to push for the validation of the said document - The judge or the Governors legal team? Why do we always like blaming others for our failure? Why did the Gov employ the services of his lawyers and why is he paying them?

Well... You have a point.

centjamie:






bro,i have been following your comments on this forum and i think you make a lot of sense.would want to meet you.how possible is it?

oh sir.....am so grateful in fact am flattered......it is very possible to meet.....pm me your digits and I l give you a call sir....

NgeneUkwenu:


Is It the duty of the court to invite a witness or that of the defendant? You are a just an illiterate..

no doubt i am illiterate & you are literate.

How then did the court know that the certificate of return ikpeazu filed is fake or false?
When the issuer never appeared before them?
Didnt they carry out investigation?

Litterate answer me.

kahal29:


Medicine after death indeed. When the governor has already admitted that there was a discrepancy in the said documents during the trial stage. It's a pity that no fresh evidence is admitted at this stage. You people had the chance to speak out then but you kept quiet. This is an after thought.

Finally, we state emphatically for the records and for the attention of the general public that we were never invited (subpoenaed) by the court or the plaintiff, Dr.
Uchechukwu Ogah during the pendency of the subject suit that led to the judgment in Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu’s tax matter to state the authenticity or otherwise of the tax papers in issue.

Michaeluzomam:
Abia State Internal Revenue Service releases statement on the alleged fake tax clearance of Ikpeazu, says its not fake!




[img]http://2.bp..com/-T_G5C4dOBE0/V3oWvqUE7XI/AAAAAAAJx_c/CnjbwgMNf7M9_skKuH9uORt6A2DlqrL0wCLcB/s280/b.png[/img]


Abia State Internal Revenue Service has reacted to the alleged fake tax clearance certificate the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, reportedly presented during the state's PDP governorship primaries in 2014.

According to a statement released by the state's internal revenue service this morning, the tax certificates of Ikpeazu are not fake and were duly issued by them.

There is tension in the state currently after a High court in Abuja ordered Ikpeazu to vacate his office after his opponent in the state's PDP overnorship
primaries, Uche Ogar,
proved to the court that Ikpeazu tendered fake tax credentials to their party. Read full text of the statement released by the Abia state internal revenue and signed by its chairman, Udochukwu G.
Ogbonna, below

The attention of the Abia State Internal Revenue Service has been drawn to a court judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja on the tax clearance certificate issued to Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu by the Service, and hereby makes the following clarifications:

1. That the tax clearance certificate referred to in that Judgment was duly issued to Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu by the Service, and was therefore not fake.

2. That the taxes for the years 2011,2012 and 2013 were PAYE taxes deducted at source from his personal emoluments by his employers (Abia State Passengers’ Integrated Manifest Scheme and Abia State Environmental Sanitation Authority respectively) and remitted to the service in the relevant tax years

3. That the dates on the tax receipts of the relevant years (2011, 2012 and 2013) did not
suggest that they were paid on those dates, but only reflected the date he applied to be issued with the receipts, because that was when he needed them.


4. In the same vein the dates on the tax receipts did not suggest that they were written out on those days. The date on the receipts only indicates the last day of the last month of the year, when the PAYE tax payer became
entitled to the receipts, as the receipts could not have carried a date earlier or later than the 31st December of the relevant tax year. It is immaterial that it fell on a Saturday, Sunday or any other day of the week. For example if 31st December 2011 fell on a Saturday, in the month following i.e January, when the receipts are to be written out, it cannot carry any date in January 2012 or any other month in 2012.

5. That his taxes having been deducted by his afore said employers and remitted to the service within the relevant years will not be said to have been paid on the same day, as such were paid as at
when due. In fact the issue of payment as at when due does not apply to PAYE taxes
because the tax payer has no part to play in the deduction and remittance of his PAYE as the same is done by his employer. Where there is failure to deduct and remit PAYE taxes, it is the employer and not the tax payer that is liable. See LSIRS and Seven Up Bottling Company reported in year 2000.

Having stated the facts as they are above, we make bold to say that the tax returns filed by Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu to his party (Peoples Democratic Party) were neither false nor fake and cannot be said to amount to fraudulent payment of taxes.

Consequently, we affirm that both the Tax Clearance Certificate and the tax receipts referred to in the afore said judgment were the documents of Abia State Internal Revenue Service because same was authored by the Service as the authority
empowered by law to do so.

Finally, we state emphatically for the records and for the attention of the general public that we were never invited (subpoenaed) by the court or the plaintiff, Dr.
Uchechukwu Ogah during the pendency of the subject suit that led to the judgment in Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu’s tax matter to state the authenticity or otherwise of the tax papers in issue.

Udochukwu G. Ogbonna
Executive Chairman.


SOURCE: https://uzopedia./2016/07/04/abia-state-internal-revenue-service-releases-statement-on-the-alleged-fake-tax-clearance-of-ikpeazu-says-its-not-fake/

... In law, it is all about superior argument. Since ikpeazu lawyers are unable to prove to the lenient justices the authenticity of the said tax clearance certificate, there is nothing the hallowed chamber can do.Uchechukwu Ogah's lawyers understood and exploited this principle very well to their own advantage.

seunmsg:



No sir, the court cannot help you to defend your case. It is the duty of the prosecuting or defence team to invite relevant parties that could help their case. The court would only decide based on evidence put before it.

One question, is it guilty before proven innocent or innocent before proven guilty?

Abia IRS tell them cos they want Ikpeazu out at all cost. There is God oh!.

Michaeluzomam:
Abia State Internal Revenue Service releases statement on the alleged fake tax clearance of Ikpeazu, says its not fake!




[img]http://2.bp..com/-T_G5C4dOBE0/V3oWvqUE7XI/AAAAAAAJx_c/CnjbwgMNf7M9_skKuH9uORt6A2DlqrL0wCLcB/s280/b.png[/img]


Abia State Internal Revenue Service has reacted to the alleged fake tax clearance certificate the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, reportedly presented during the state's PDP governorship primaries in 2014.

According to a statement released by the state's internal revenue service this morning, the tax certificates of Ikpeazu are not fake and were duly issued by them.

There is tension in the state currently after a High court in Abuja ordered Ikpeazu to vacate his office after his opponent in the state's PDP overnorship
primaries, Uche Ogar,
proved to the court that Ikpeazu tendered fake tax credentials to their party. Read full text of the statement released by the Abia state internal revenue and signed by its chairman, Udochukwu G.
Ogbonna, below

The attention of the Abia State Internal Revenue Service has been drawn to a court judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja on the tax clearance certificate issued to Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu by the Service, and hereby makes the following clarifications:

1. That the tax clearance certificate referred to in that Judgment was duly issued to Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu by the Service, and was therefore not fake.

2. That the taxes for the years 2011,2012 and 2013 were PAYE taxes deducted at source from his personal emoluments by his employers (Abia State Passengers’ Integrated Manifest Scheme and Abia State Environmental Sanitation Authority respectively) and remitted to the service in the relevant tax years

3. That the dates on the tax receipts of the relevant years (2011, 2012 and 2013) did not
suggest that they were paid on those dates, but only reflected the date he applied to be issued with the receipts, because that was when he needed them.


4. In the same vein the dates on the tax receipts did not suggest that they were written out on those days. The date on the receipts only indicates the last day of the last month of the year, when the PAYE tax payer became
entitled to the receipts, as the receipts could not have carried a date earlier or later than the 31st December of the relevant tax year. It is immaterial that it fell on a Saturday, Sunday or any other day of the week. For example if 31st December 2011 fell on a Saturday, in the month following i.e January, when the receipts are to be written out, it cannot carry any date in January 2012 or any other month in 2012.

5. That his taxes having been deducted by his afore said employers and remitted to the service within the relevant years will not be said to have been paid on the same day, as such were paid as at
when due. In fact the issue of payment as at when due does not apply to PAYE taxes
because the tax payer has no part to play in the deduction and remittance of his PAYE as the same is done by his employer. Where there is failure to deduct and remit PAYE taxes, it is the employer and not the tax payer that is liable. See LSIRS and Seven Up Bottling Company reported in year 2000.

Having stated the facts as they are above, we make bold to say that the tax returns filed by Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu to his party (Peoples Democratic Party) were neither false nor fake and cannot be said to amount to fraudulent payment of taxes.

Consequently, we affirm that both the Tax Clearance Certificate and the tax receipts referred to in the afore said judgment were the documents of Abia State Internal Revenue Service because same was authored by the Service as the authority
empowered by law to do so.

Finally, we state emphatically for the records and for the attention of the general public that we were never invited (subpoenaed) by the court or the plaintiff, Dr.
Uchechukwu Ogah during the pendency of the subject suit that led to the judgment in Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu’s tax matter to state the authenticity or otherwise of the tax papers in issue.

Udochukwu G. Ogbonna
Executive Chairman.


SOURCE: https://uzopedia./2016/07/04/abia-state-internal-revenue-service-releases-statement-on-the-alleged-fake-tax-clearance-of-ikpeazu-says-its-not-fake/

Pure rubbish all u said confirms dt D tax papers were an ad hoc arrangement done BC ikpeazu needed them n dt made it have several inconsistencies. Probably u ve been paid to defend this mess or get fired. Jst shut up we have heard go n prove it in court

vakabinto:
Nobody said it was forged, but for the fact he took an oath and swore affidavite that every information on his document were correct and meanwhile they were not reliable and valid, the law then has no room for such mistakes#ogah4governor

if majority of people supporting Ikpeazu can comprehend this infallible assertion, the would #STFU

Chukazu:


if majority of people supporting Ikpeazu can comprehend this infallible assertion, the would #STFU

you guys are actually funny...........you should make researches about liabilities for documents issued by a PUBLIC authority......then come back here and comment

NgeneUkwenu:


Is It the duty of the court to invite a witness or that of the defendant? You are a just an illiterate..

According to a defence counsel commenting on channels TV, their application to include the board as witnesses was rejected by the judge, if this is true it turns your theory on its head and yes, a judge has the power to accept or refuse a witness subject to a protest from the opposing counsel

seunmsg:


Still goes to show that the governors legal team is incompetent. If the evidence of the state internal revenue is key to the governors defence, his legal team should have appealed the refusal of the trial judge to admit the testimony of the state IRS. If their appeal was successful, the judge would have allowed them to testify.

Or the judge's neutrality compromised and bias is in play!

BraniacX:


According to a defence counsel commenting on channels TV, their application to include the board as witnesses was rejected by the judge, if this is true it turns your theory on its head and yes, a judge has the power to accept or refuse a witness subject to a protest from the opposing counsel

Why didnt he appeal the rejection of the document?

NgeneUkwenu:

Why didnt he appeal the rejection of the document?

To which court and judge?

BraniacX:

To which court and judge?

At the trial level....it is normal for judges to reject piece of evidence...depending on the arguments of the parties...when that happens, the lawyer will appeal to higher court for reversal...when granted , the trial judge will have no choice but admit the evidence.

It is law not sentiments...

NgeneUkwenu:


Why didnt he appeal the rejection of the document?

appeal? which court, which judge? a case still going on?

NgeneUkwenu:


At the trial level....it is normal for judges to reject piece of evidence...depending on the arguments of the parties...when that happens, the lawyer will appeal to higher court for reversal...when granted , the trial judge will have no choice but admit the evidence.

It is law not sentiments...

Agreeeeeeeeeed!!!!

Meanwhile contestable judgement predicated on the disqualification of a “probably important witness" is same as disqualifying "a possibly pivotal piece of evidence" in a criminal case, technicalities aside, precedence doesn't support that logic and therefore should not be allowed to stand as it waters than the legal requirements for declaring any issued legal tender valid or invalid.

Anyway since we both agree that appealing the decision not to allow the testimony of a "probable key witness" can not be made to the judge and court that made the decision to disallow it in the first place can we just leave judgement to the appellate court even though we both know that the decision of the board to publicly issue this disclaimer will make the prosecuting counsel label them partisan and their testimony untrustworthy

nwadiuko1:
appeal? which court, which judge? a case still going on?

NgeneUkwenu is very correct. The defense counsel should have appealed the judge refusal to accept the evidence at the Appeal court and if not successful proceed to the Supreme Court. It's a normal thing and the standard procedure.

Back dated papers

I told lasisi-endtime that this guy taught lai Mohammed wat he is doing now.Tomorrow this man will sart crying our leaders are corrupt.How much wey dem take buy ur conscience.......I stand with Nigeria.

illiteracy.. U call it story because most people here do not understand the Nigerian tax system..even Payee..it a deduction at source.bro ogah should understand all dis and stop disgracing our noble accounting profession.