The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, (NSCDC), Kogi State Command on Wednesday in Lokoja paraded two suspects for illegal collection of revenue and sales of tickets in the state.

While parading the suspects, Musa Baba (52, male) and Muhammed Usman (32, Male) the spokesperson of the command, Abdullahi Aliyu, noted that the command will continue to ensure the enforcement of the ban on illegal revenue collection by the state government.

Aliyu said, “This is an offence of criminal conspiracy and illegal collection of revenue; which is against the law of the state.

“The suspects were arrested in the act while selling tickets to motorcycle riders at the Paparanda Square in Lokoja the state capital.”

According to Aliyu, the duo were caught while committing the offence on Tuesday 11th February 2025.

He added that the suspects will be charged in court after the completion of the investigation.

However, one of those be suspects, Musa Baba, said he obtained the tickets from one El-Bashir who claimed to be an accredited revenue consultant to the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service, (KGIRS)

He however said that he was not aware that the tickets he obtained from the said El-Bashir were illegal as he thought El-Bashir was an accredited consultant to the Revenue Service.

Speaking also after the suspects were paraded, KGIRS Director of Income Tax, Emmanuel Yusufu, said the only accredited revenue consultant known to the agency is A’S Consulting, headed by Adebayo Daramola.

He warned all those parading themselves illegally as revenue consultants to desist from the act or be prepared to face the full wrath of the law

Recalled that the Kogi State government in January had banned all illegal collection of Revenue and sale of tickets by unauthorized persons and directed security agencies to ensure compliance.