A staff with Benue state internal revenue service, BIRS, identified as Sixtus Terfa Akure, is de#d.
According to reports, he was allegedly kidnapped and be#ten to de#th by suspected officers of the Nigerian army. It was gathered that the deceased was a senior inspector of taxes in the state before his demise. The development was confirmed in a statement released by the Executive Chairman of BIRS, Chief (Mrs.) Mimi Adzape-Orubibi.
“I have received with deep shock and pa!n, the sad news of the br#tal m#rder of one of my staff, Sixtus Terfa Akure, who until his de#th was a Senior Inspector of Taxes.
Unconfirmed sources indicate that the late Sixtus was whisked away last night by military personnel in what has become a regular occurrence, and his mangled body was found early hours of today around Aper Aku Estate by the road side. I am understandably deeply pained by his de#th and the circumstances under which he d!ed,” the statement read in part.
