Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

How Ex-NHIS Boss, Femi Thomas, Evaded Tax- Witness

A prosecution witness, Olufemi Otulana, in the ongoing trial of a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Dr. Martins Oluwafemi Thomas, on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, told Justice A.O. Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how the defendant's company fraudulently evaded tax over a period of time. Thomas was re-arraigned along with one Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau de Change operator, on June 28, 2017, on an amended six-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of $2,198,900. The first defendant, Thomas, was alleged to have conspired with his wife,…