₦airaland Forum

Former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has been summoned to court over alleged failure to pay his mandatory Personal Income Tax for 2023 and 2024, as well as underpayment of taxes in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

A criminal summons, dated August 21, 2025, was issued by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court, requiring Melaye to appear before the Magistrate Court at Wuse Zone II, Abuja, on September 5, 2025.

According to the FCT Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Melaye only paid N85,000.08 in 2019, N100,000.08 in 2020, N120,000 in 2021, and N1,000,000 in 2022, despite declaring much higher annual incomes.

It revealed that for instance, in 2022, he declared an annual income of over N6.5 million.

It was revealed that an administrative assessment for 2023 and 2024 was issued on May 23, 2025, but when Melaye failed to respond within 30 days, a notice of best judgment assessment was issued on June 23, 2025.

DAILY POST reports that attempts to deliver the notice personally or to his representative were unsuccessful, prompting the IRS to paste it on the gate of his residence in Maitama, Abuja, on July 9, 2025.

The notice outlined that Melaye’s total tax liabilities for 2023 and 2024 were assessed at N234,896,000.00 and N274,712,000.00, respectively.

The notice read; “Despite reminders and ample time provided, your non-compliance with Section 41 of the Act constitutes a breach of your obligations. Consequently, the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has, in accordance with Section 54(3) of the Personal Income tax act, proceeded to raise a Best of Judgment Assessment in respect of your tax liabilities for the years under review.

“Accordingly, your tax liability has been assessed in the sum of N234,896,000.00 and N274,712,000.00 for the period of 2023 and 2024 respectively. The computation and assessment are attached for your action. Please note that the Service has also identified income under declaration and under payment for the 2020, 2021 and 2022 years of assessment, during which payment of N1,000,000.00, N120,000.00 and N100,000.00 were made respectively. Notices of additional will be issued, upon conclusion of our review.

“Your are hereby informed that you have the right to object to this assessment within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of this notice. Any objection must clearly state the grounds of your objection and be substantiated with relevant supporting documents.

“Failure to make payment or file objection within the stipulated period will result in the assessment being deemed final and conclusive, and recovery proceedings will be initiated without further notice,” the FCT IRS stated

Melaye, a former member of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, also served as chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT and briefly chaired the Senate Committee on Aviation.

He was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 11, 2023, Kogi State governorship election.

Jakumo:
Dino "Ferrari" Melaye loves his social media bragging rights so much that he forgot the tax man is watching all that boasting.

Anyway a man who has looted so much money will have no problem at all coming up with $120K USD to setting this small irritant tax bill.

We look forward to the next social media song that Dino Ferrari will drop once he has paid off this minor bill to the tax man.

DonFreshmoney:
Am I seeing this clearly. N274 Million as tax for a year and N234million the year before.. I will see this as computer error, that means he must be making more than 2 billion yearly for his taxes to be this high..

PulaPower:
If you see the way Dino Melaye displayed wealth and luxuries on TikTok, you’ll know it’s accurate..

As in, which car Dino no get? E get almost every brand of cars..

yarimo:
Instead of him to go and pay, he will soon claim persecution because he belongs to ADC party

Jakumo:
This is pure comedy, hearing about an unemployed treasury looter who happens to own a stable of Ferrari, Porsche, and Mercedes luxury vehicles. The man must really be suffering now that he is between jobs and with no access to any government funds. My heart bleeds with sorrow to hear about this well-deserved twist of fate

Oh well, the Internal Revenue Service can start by impounding and auctioning all of Dini's flashy cars to offset that overdue tax liability, so that our man Dino can get some much-needed exercise walking to the unemployment office to collect his 30 naira per month stipend.


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TheBillyonaire:
The hunting of the opposition continues, we have now legalized persecution using Tax.

Next year go hot for those who dey show convoys and mansions.

Rexymania:
The government wants to force some people out of the country....or cripple them. What's this?

DonFreshmoney:
Am I seeing this clearly. N274 Million as tax for a year and N234million the year before.. I will see this as computer error, that means he must be making more than 2 billion yearly for his taxes to be this high..

OSUNADC:

Vindictiveness?
Just because he decided to join the coalition? The current trend of stifling the opposition's voice is mind boggling.

Rexymania:
The government wants to force some people out of the country....or cripple them. What's this?

SarkinYarki:
Melaye is currently unemployed and depends on rentals and goodwill so assessing him at 274 million Naira is unjust

PulaPower:
If you see the way Dino Melaye displayes wealth and luxuries on TikTok, you’ll know it’s accurate..

As in, which car Dino no get? E get almost every brand of cars..

Globad:
Why not tell him to pay his taxes?

Why not concentrate on the issue at hand?

Why not stop all these hasty allegations?

Rexymania:
The government wants to force some people out of the country....or cripple them. What's this?

OSUNADC:
You ignored the question mark, why?

Globad:
What an ignorant comment

Do you know his rental income? Do you know if he has other income from investments?

Is PAYE the only form of income tax?

Please let those who don't know about how INCOME TAX is assessed shut up!

Globad:
Don't mind those ignorant comments

Except he's not the owner of what he's been flaunting and he should be able to prove it