The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled that wasting the contents or breaking the bottles of alcoholic beverages for whatever reason is an economic sabotage.
The court held that the act of Kano State Government in seizing, breaking and extravagantly pouring away the liquid content of bottles which forms part of the Value Added Tax being shared by the federal government between it, state[s] of the federation and the local government [system] inclusive of Kano State was an economic sabotage.
The court gave the judgement in a ruling by Justice Emeka Nwite of Court 9, in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/275/2021 between Sesugh Akume v Attorney-General, and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as 1st and 2nd Defendants.
The court held that: “…it is the contention of the applicant that the 2nd respondent [ie EFCC] ought to investigate the common act of Kano State Government in seizing, breaking and extravagantly pouring away the liquid content of bottles which forms part of the Value Added Tax being shared by the federal government between it, state[s] of the federation and the local government [system] inclusive of Kano State.
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