Despite the heavy downpour witnessed in Makurdi, the Benue State Capital City, a group of persons know as "Revenue Consultants" have defied the downpour and barricaded the main entrance of Government House in protest.
According to an eye witness, they are protesting alleged fraud committed against them Revenue Consultants of the Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. James Anbua.
The source said Hon. James Anbua fraudulently introduced Agricultural Quarantine Service to replace the usual "Produce Rates" across the state.
One of the representative of a Consulting firm whom spoke on condition of anonymity said, the ban on Produce Rate collection has forced many of their them jobless forcing them to group and stage a protest. According to him, some of their members can't even feed and take care of their family needs.
As the time of filing this report, the group of protesters were yet to be addressed by the governor or his representative.
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