Nigerian popular actress Iyabo Ojo has come to the public to reveal her sad situation over tax income charges by the government.
According to her, she has been forced to pay a tax default of N18m in three months. The actress posted on her Instagram page where she narrated the ordeal.
She opined that she is being ‘witch hunted’ for raising a voice against a senior colleague in Nollywood who sexually assaulted a young girl and for making the Labour Party her choice political affiliation in the past elections.
She explained that she had already paid her tax debts for 2014-2019 but they insisted that will have to pay for the default dent of 2020-2024 before the end of November else she will be taken to court.
In her words;
“I’m too outspoken, too confrontational, too blunt, they say …….. my opinion must not be heard, unless it aligns with theirs, i must stay silent or get crippled, the witch hurt in eating deep into my soul but ……. damn, the hate screams louder. i fought for a girl child who was sexually molested, i was labelled bad & evil bcos one of my own (Yoruba) (senior colleague) was the accused, again i chose to follow my heart & support LP & the hate & resentment grew even worse & i was labeled an (Omo Ale Yoruba) & now i must pay a compulsory best of judgment based on my celebrity status by the Lirs of over 18m personal income tax…. so now i have paid from 2014 – 2019….. but i must pay the remaining of almost 18m for 2020 – 2022 b4 the end of Nov or go to court…. every effort on my part to reduce it was rejected, even when i had to forcefully accept it, my payment plan has also been rejected, i even had to write an apology letter, yet they refuse to give me an easy payment plan, now tell me if this is not witch hurting, and I’m suppose to stay silent 🤔
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Since 2020, which was the Covid 19 lockdown season, who really made money, tell me? if i had made so much i won’t have bought my house on mortgage, since 2020 my business has been going through ups and downs, yet i still constantly pay all my business tax, mortgage tax, loan tax etc……
I’m the breadwinner, over 30 people depending on me, dollar raising almost everday, fuel high, diesel high, everything expensive, but still i was given 3 months to pay over 18m, how?????
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The money we make, the bills are so overwhelming even to save is a problem…
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Which kind of business will you people have me do to make a profit of 18m to pay you this period…
Why is my payment plan being denied, Why ?
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Guy’s, please don’t blame celebrities who chose not to speak up or lend their voice, Doing so comes with a lot of consequences.”
She also said that has begged them to reduce the payment but to no avail, and she has written an apology letter with the hope of getting positive feedback but nothing has changed. Hence, she stated that fans should not blame celebrities who do not speak up against injustice in the country because doing so usually cause them a lot of negative results.
