C’River govt, PDP guber candidate trade words over alleged tax probe

.tax is statutory obligation – Commisioner

By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR

The Cross River state government and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the state, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong, on Friday exchanged words over allegations of a tax witch-hunt.

Archibong who spoke with newsmen in Calabar, alleged that the state government was using tax measures to silence opposition voices, an allegation the government has denied.

He claimed that the government was planning to clamp down on his institution, Arthur Jarvis University in Akpabuyo LGA , and the first private University in the state, over what he described as fictitious tax claims aimed at weakening the opposition.