Chuks Onuoha, Umuahia.

Chairman,  Abia State Board of Internal Revenue, Celestine Agbara has  said that he had arrested members of a clique that specialise in printing fake documents and receipts inorder to fleece governmemt of internally generated revenue.

Agbara, who disclosed this during an interview with   Daily Sun in Umuahia,  added  that the suspects have been taken to zone 9 Umuahia for proper interrogation .

It was also gathered that those arrested have confessed to be members of ASATOA, an association of tricycle owners or operators, who specialise in printing fake receipts and sell to the public.

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A  member of the motorcycle operators, Jude Egwim, who spoke with Daily Sun disclosed that operators  in the past have  suffered so much from the fraudsters,  who claim to be members of ASATOA.

“Most times,  when  members  complain about the fake tickets being sold to them, they usually harrassed , molested and even beat us for having  the audacity to challenge them. They even went as far as  impounding our  Keke”.

He called on the government to ensure the regulation of  tickets to save  innocent motorcycle operators from intimidation and extortion  by ASATOA.