Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway: Real reasons Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa is fighting Lagos State Government

Fresh facts have emerged why Lagos lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa is at war with Lagos State Government under the guise of opposing the proposed tolling of Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway. Among the reasons are the following:

1. Adegboruwa was compelled by the Lagos State Government to register his office located on the 6th Floor, NIPOST Building, Lagos for the P.A.Y.E. Tax Scheme on September 18, 2008. Prior to this, it may interest you to know that Barrister Adegboruwa had no record of tax payment before 2008.

So, in 2009, he was given a Tax Assessment of N885,000 out of which he cleverly paid N449,500 thinking he could beat the system. On November 17, 2011, he was issued a Non-Compliance Notice in respect of Personal Income Tax by the Lagos Inland Revenue Service.

Those thinking that Adegboruwa is fighting for the masses can see the naked truth.
 
2. Barrister Adegboruwa, the self-acclaimed ‘’Advocate of the Masses’’ owns a mansion on No. 1, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Close, Adegboruwa Junction, Itedo Road, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1.

But that is not the news. Our noise-making, principled legal practitioner did not obtain any Street Naming Permit, neither a Building Approval. LASG has asked him to regularise his documents, but he is going about fighting an unjust war over tolling.

3. For a man who has neither a Building Approval as prescribed by law nor pay taxes so that government can provide more social infrastructure, Adegboruwa recently registered two new cars (Honda and Nissan Capster)  with customised Premium Number Plates branded, JOY.

Though we are nearing the end of the 2011 fiscal year, a Tax Assessment of the sum of N2,112, 583.20 has been raised against this so called social crusader by LIRS. A Letter of Intent to prosecute him for tax default has been served.

Therefore, his agitations are all meant to whip up sentiment when his trial begins. He is cleverly trying to create the impression of ‘’persecution’’ by the state for standing up to fight in defence of the masses. But Lagosians are wiser. Barrister Adegboruwa is a tax evader. Period!