BY GABRIEL     ENOGHOLASE
BENIN—A Benin High Court, yesterday, remanded an official of Federal Airport Authorities of Nigeria, FAAN, in prison custody for allegedly obstructing officials of Edo State Internal Revenue Service from carrying out their duties.

The FAAN official, identified as Mr. O. F. Adeboye and two of his colleagues, Messrs Ayodele Sunday and Aliu Ismhaipe, were said to have prevented the tax collectors from enforcing the payment of taxes as and when due as well as refusing them the opportunity to effect an order issued by a state High Court against FAAN.

He was said to have been remanded in prison pending when he would perfect his bail conditions.

The accused persons were brought before the court on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, assault, molestation and hindering the efforts of the officers of the state IRS from performing their lawful duties.

However, they were granted bail by the court. But Adeboye could not meet all the bail conditions, prompting the presiding judge, Justice Joseph Acha, to vary some of the bail conditions for him to go home.

At the resumed hearing of the case yesterday, Justice Acha revoked the concession granted the accused person after he was informed by his counsel, Emmanuel Akhigbe, that the bail conditions were not ‘technically’ perfected.