Ordinary President of Berekeke family, Dr Isa Ahmed, appears to be sinking deeper following more revelations over the alleged N50 billion money laundering by the CEO, Ruzu Herbal Products, Dr Robert Onyemaechi Uzu in Lagos State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) has confirmed that N50 billion was moved from the GTBank account opened by Isa Ahmed and his lawyer, Barrister Uche Uwazuruonye, as sole signatory.
It was secretly moved with Dr Uzu company’s name.
The account officer, who managed the money for Ahmed and Uwazuruonye at GTBank, was Olufemi Usman, who is now with Ecobank.
He was as well the account officer of Berekete family who Ordinary President used to mention his name on air during his programme.
The GTBANK account details used to move the suspicious money as identified by FIRS were:
Account Name: Ruzu Herbal Products and Services Ltd.
0482756836 GuarantyTrust Bank (GTB)
0482756843 Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)
0482756850 Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)
0482756867 Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)
FIRS audit report findings signed by Head of Tax Audit Unit, John Kennedy Akushie and Tax audit team leader Alimosho, Oni M.O stated that a total amount of N2.1bn is payable due to over N50bn, which passed through the Bank account in question.
The audit report identified over N450 million transactions which the tax payable has not been resolved hence Dr Uzu was invited for a meeting to reconcile the account for him to know the actual total amount he will pay for the over N50 billion moved from the account by Ahmed and his lawyer, Uwazuruonye.
The shocking discovery has made it extremely difficult for Ahmed and his lawyer, Uwazuruonye, to release the statement of the account to Dr Ruzu to know how such transactions passed through the account that could attracted such huge tax demand from FIRS.
Instead of Ahmed to resolve the alleged scam, he was busy denying and blackmailing Dr Uzu and his brand using his personal assistant, Barr. Pamela Pius, to perpetuate the blackmailing through his media platform.
However, Dr Uzu is not relenting and has insisted that he must know how Ahmed and Barrister Uwazuruonye used his company’s name to operate an account that was meant for payment of Commission to Ahmed, which they allegedly turned into a conduit pipe for money laundering to the tune of N50 billion.
While Ahmed was busy abusing Dr Uzu and the brand including those investigative journalists exposing him, they secretly contacted Dr Ruzu through an agent but Dr Uzu referred her to his lawyer, Barr. Gyang Z.I (SAN) to meet his demands.
Meanwhile, Counsel to Dr Uzu, Barrister Gyang Z.I (SAN), has written letters of demand to Barr. Uche Uwazuruonye and Isa Ahmed, a.k.a the Ordinary President of Human Rights Radio and Television (Berekete Family), dated 20th January, 2025, and they were given 14 days to meet the demands or they will be summoned to Court.
The demands made by the lawyer include:
1. That you, Dr Uche Uwazuruonye and Dr Isa Ahmed should give accounts of all the monies that passed through those bank accounts at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and any other bank they used the Ruzu brand documents to open.
2. To pay the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) the sum of N2,000,000,000.00 (Two Billion Naira), and any other monies demanded by FIRS as tax.
3. “We have our clients’ instruction to demand, and we so demand that you submit to our clients all the bank statements as requested via the FIRS letter dated 13th December, 2024, forthwith.”
As at the time of filing this report, the demands have not been met by Dr. Ahmed and Barr. Uwazuruonye as the 14 days is remaining few days to elapse.