It’s really a sad case where people try to pull their fellow humans down, for whatever reason. It is quite appalling that when a man/woman is down, broke and busted, they would be the national topic of discussion as they would be constantly scorned and ridiculed. But once they manage to make it to the top, people would scream to the high heavens and still try to bring him/her down. This report is according to how #CapitaNg reported it. And let's hope she hasn't been evading tax. Read below:
Mischief
makers are at their worst again. Like predatory locusts swarming on a bean
farm, they have gathered to pierce at the jugular of Linda Ikeji, the celebrity
blogger. No sooner did the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) swoop on
Linda’s Banana Island home than her traducers march to town chanting victory
songs. Too many of her readers are ecstatic about her recent ordeal in the
hands of the FIRS.
According
to a source in the FIRS, the celebrity blogger had been evading tax payment,
which has amounted to the whooping sum of N75 Million. However, when asked
about the purchase of the house, it was disclosed that Linda blatantly denied
ownership of the N500 Million luxurious mansion which she allegedly purchased
in 2015.
Linda’s
denial of ownership of the edifice resonated as sweet melody to her detractors,
many of whom she had consciously or unconsciously angered by persistent news of
her professional and financial success. Foes of Linda are hauling invectives at
her like lances claiming she is a big fraud who gloried in misleading the
public about the ownership of the building and her actual financial status.
Many of them are of the opinion that Linda should have simply come clean and
make everyone understand that she is just a tenant in the building.
Linda’s
critics are not ready to soft-pedal on her; they are vigorously attacking Linda
every minute and condemning her for the way she openly bragged about the
purchase of the building in 2015.
They
keep referencing the fact that Linda took to her blog to post the exterior and
interior pictures of the luxury apartment calling herself a ‘self-made woman’
and bragging afterwards: “I bought a two-storey luxury house in the exclusive
Banana Island area of Ikoyi…and to be honest, I still can’t believe it. It’s
everything I prayed my house would be. That’s me standing in front of my house.
#ProudSelfMadeWoman.”
But
while Linda’s detractors take her to the cleaners over her perceived
fraudulence, close friends and associates of the celebrity blogger have risen
to her defence. According to them, Linda’s detractors should let her be.
“Instead
of attacking a career girl who worked her ass off to attain the greatest height
in her chosen career, they should learn to appreciate her fortitude and grace.
And if they can’t, let them go and bite a bullet,” said a very close friend of
Linda. Indeed, Linda worked very hard to put herself and Nigeria on the world
map; rabble rousers should go easy on her.
As
you read, the FIRS has slammed Linda with a N75 million fine and the agency has
initiated measures to prosecute her in a court of law. These are certainly not
the best of times for Linda Ikeji but like they always say, behind every dark
pall shines a silver lining.
CULLED:
Capital.ng
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