Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi has cried out to the public that Governor Nasir El-Rufai is planning to demolish his personal building in Kaduna hours after the demolition of his building used as APC Secretariat.
The state government is demanding Senator Hunkuyi to pay the sum of N31.4m as ground being rent owed from 1995 to 2018 within 30 days.
Hunkuyi on his Twitter handle displayed a fresh grand rent bill sent to him by the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), asking the Senator to pay within 30 days.
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According to the Senator, “Once again, @GovKaduna Malam @elrufai has sent a ridiculous bill to me for a purported ground rent of my personal house at Inuwa Wada to the tune of N30Million to be paid within 30 days, failure to do so might probably result to another demolition like he did on my other propertyâ€.
The bill sent to Hunkuyi as displayed on his Twitter handle was addressed personally to the Senator.
Addressed to Alhaji Suleiman Uthman of 18A Inuwa Wada road and dated 20th February, 2018, the bill indicated that, Hunkuyi owed the state government a grand rent between 1995 to 2018, accruing to N31.4 million.
The bill signed for the Director General of KADGIS, urged the Senator to pay the bill within 30 days.
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It read that, “You are therefore requested to pay the total of N31, 467,861.6. You are also expected to pay this amount at any commercial bank into the KADGIS PAYDirect platform.
“This bill should be paid within 30 days please.†The notice read.
Meanwhile, Senator Hunkuyi in another tweet said, he has since last year paid his dues to Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service and he has receipt for the payment.
He however described the request by the state government for another N30 million as draconian and blatant display of abuse of power as arrogantly portrayed by Governor El-Rufai.
According to him, “As of last year 2017, I’ve paid my dues to Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service & they’ve duly issued me receipts to that effect. This letter today demanding for N30Million within 30daysis draconian & indeed blatant display of abuse of power as arrogantly portrayed by @elrufai.â€
The Senator however displayed the receipt of the payment he made into the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service account.
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According to the receipt displayed by Hunkuyi, he had on the 11th day of December 2017 paid the sum of N10, 000 into the Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS)’s account for land use on the Inuwa Wada road property.
Payment followed a notice served him by the KADIRS on the 7th of December 2017, requesting that the land use bill of N10, 000 be paid on the property in question.
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