OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja Lagos, on Friday, arrested Abdullahi Bala, the son of the former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FTC), Senator Bala Mohammed for alleged import duty underpayment on his exotic vehicle, a McClaren 650s coupe.
A top Customs source who confirmed Abdullahi as the former FCT minister’s son said investigations were ongoing to unravel whether there were other vehicles in his custody that evaded duty payment or underpaid.
According to the spokesman of the unit, Uche Ejesieme, the vehicle’s duty ought to be N124 million but ipon investigations, it was discovered a mere N300,000 was paid, thus defrauding the government of about N123,7000,000. Ejesieme said the man has been released on bail, while investigation into the matter was ongoing.
“The man claims to be forner minister’s son. He was arrested on Friday but has been released on bail since it’s a bailable offence. Investigation is ongoing at least to know how he was able to get away with paying just over N300,000. Our officer in charge of the Legal department says the duty should be about N124 million”, the spokesman told Sunday Sun on phone.
Findings show the vehicle costs about $287,000 (over N80 million) in the US.
The MaClaren 650S Coupe starts at USD $265,500 and USD $280,225 for the 650S Spider in the US, whIle in CAD $305,500 respectively. It is a sport car in the range of the Ferari and other luxurious coupes.
The latest addition to the McLaren range accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.9 seconds, and reach 100 mph in just 5.7 seconds. The standing quarter mile takes 10.5 seconds, and top speed is 207 mph in Coupe form. This performance puts the latest model from McLaren 0.6 sec faster over the standing quarter mile than the iconic McLaren F1 rpad car, and a full second quicker to 124 mph, underlining its performance focus.
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