Actress Iyabo Ojo given a 7-day ultimatum by the Lagos government to pay N18m in taxes or face imprisonment.

Iyabo Ojo, a well-known Nollywood actress, has been given a deadline of seven days by the Lagos State Government to pay her personal income tax of N18,640,092.00. Failure to do so may result in imprisonment.

In a letter addressed to the actress, the Lagos government alleged that she owed N7,376,000.00 in taxes for the year 2022 and N11,264,092 in back taxes for the 2021 tax year. On Monday, Iyabo Ojo responded to the letter and expressed her dissatisfaction with the approach used to calculate the high tax bill she received.

She posted a photo of her bill on Instagram and asked, "How do you come up with these exorbitant personal income taxes that you send every day, @jidesanwoolu and @lagosstategovt?"

After paying for different types of taxes for one’s businesses, house & all…. you still come up with all this huge amount and give me 7 days to pay up, lol.

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“Last time, you people asked me to come to your office, I came, you asked me to explain and declare what I earn, which I did with my tax consultant, but no you did not respond to my letter, because you want me to pay you an outrageous amount that I do not have, make I go thief ni? I ask again, ‘How do you people come up with such outrageous bills?’

“What have you people ever done for me as a government? NOTHING. Since you guys insist, You can gladly come and close down my business, arrest me, jail me, or kill me for all I care, we all will die one day.”

#IyaboOjo

#LagosStateGovernment