You're playing scare-mongering politics - Agbese tackles Kingibe over fuel tax claim

Philip Agbese, the lawmaker representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, has accused the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, of playing 'scare-mongering' politics. This followed Kingibe's claims on the alleged fuel tax. Agbese, the Labour Party leader in Benue State, said the African Democratic Congress, ADC, senator wants to score cheap political points by misrepresenting facts. The lawmaker, in a chat with newsmen, described Kingibe’s comments as factually bankrupt, insisting that no new fuel tax exists in the Nigeria Tax Act 2025. He also described Kingibe's claim of a flat 25 per cent tax on every citizen’s income as a complete fabricatio...