The Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) has implicated the Nigerian Army in the abduction of five of its tax officers on Monday.
The agency on Tuesday said the army had released the abducted officers following the intervention of Governor Samuel Ortom.
PREMIUM TIMES had on Monday reported a statement by the BIRS that unknown gunmen abducted five tax officers at the service’s inspection point in Vandeikya Local Government Area of the state.
It said the gunmen, dressed in military uniform, drove in a Hilux van and three motorcycles and invaded the BIRS inspection point in Vandeikya.
It said the attackers set fire on a staff motorcycle, shot sporadically into the air before seizing five BIRS officers and injuring several others.
However, in a statement released via its official Facebook page on Tuesday evening, the agency said the Nigerian Army has released the abducted officers.
The statement was also shared on the agency’s website.
“Staff of the Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) abducted yesterday at the Tse-Mker Inspection point today regained freedom.”
According to the agency, they were released on the orders of Governor Ortom.
Credit: premiumtimesng.com
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