Police detain eight NSIRS staff over alleged diversion of state revenue

Eight unit members of the Niger State Internal Revenue Service, NSIRS, person been arrested by the constabulary implicit the alleged diversion of billions of naira belonging to the authorities government.
Sources disclosed that the suspects are presently being held astatine the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), wherever detectives are conducting further interrogations and auditing fiscal records to find the afloat grade of the alleged fraud.

According to the sources, investigators fishy that much officials whitethorn beryllium implicated successful the case, portion the alleged misappropriation is believed to person gone connected for respective years.

The sources further alleged that immoderate elder officers whitethorn person benefited from the scheme, with immoderate of the suspects said to person acquired luxury vehicles and aggregate properties wrong and extracurricular the state.

It was gathered that the constabulary person approached Chief Magistrate Court 1 successful Minna for an hold of the suspects’ remand play to alteration investigators to reason their probe up of prosecution.

The suspects are expected to beryllium arraigned upon the comple...