HGP Nightly News – Leader of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party and Member of Parliament Azruddin Mohamed has forcefully rejected allegations by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) that he breached motor vehicle transfer and anti-money laundering regulations, describing the claims as baseless and politically motivated.
In a statement issued on Friday evening, Mohamed said he was responding to what he described as a “bizarre” public assertion by the GRA that he transferred vehicles unlawfully. He categorically denied the allegation and publicly challenged the Authority to identify a single law he allegedly violated.
“I sold and transferred eleven vehicles to third parties in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations of Guyana,” Mohamed said, adding that the transfers were conducted as part of his lawful right to dispose of his private property.
Mohamed stressed that, to the best of his knowledge, each of the eleven transfers was legally executed, most of them dating back to November 2025. He rejected any suggestion that the vehicles were high-value luxury assets, noting that they were third-hand vehicles long registered in Guyana, including models such as Toyota Allion, Toyota Fielder, Toyota Land Cruiser and Toyota Crown.
He said the only luxury vehicle associated with him, a Lamborghini, was not among those transfers.
CLAIMS OF POLITICAL TARGETING
According to Mohamed, the controversy is part of what he described as a sustained campaign of persecution against him and his family, driven by his criticism of the government and his public allegations of corruption involving senior officials.
He claimed that he has uncovered evidence implicating sitting ministers in unexplained wealth accumulation over the past five years, and alleged that some of those officials had sought financial assistance from him prior to holding office.
Mohamed also accused the government of instructing insurance companies to stop doing business with him, effectively making it impossible for him to insure his vehicles. He said the situation escalated after he drove his Lamborghini to Parliament, prompting Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo to publicly call on the Commissioner of Police to act over the vehicle’s lack of insurance.
He further alleged that within 24 hours of that call, his wife was followed by police while dropping their children to school, arrested for minor traffic offences, detained, and later fined heavily, despite, he said, the fact that insurance had been made unobtainable by government action.
Mohamed said that since he began speaking out, he has been systematically denied insurance and that some police officers have refused to issue certificates of fitness for his vehicles, allegedly out of fear of political retaliation. As a result, he said, he was compelled to sell several vehicles that could no longer be used.
DEFENCE OF GRA STAFF AND LEGAL POSITION
Mohamed defended GRA employees involved in the transfers, describing them as hardworking and honest public servants who adhered strictly to the law. He said senior managers within the Authority had expressed shock at what he characterised as the politicisation of the institution.
He also revealed that at least one junior female employee had been arrested and detained, while others now face the threat of losing their jobs. According to Mohamed, his attorneys have advised that there is no legal basis for the GRA’s position and that no law in Guyana prohibits the ownership, transfer, or use of armoured or security-fitted vehicles.
He added that the vehicle referenced by the GRA is no longer his property and had been inspected both at importation and prior to transfer. Mohamed further disputed claims that the vehicle was transferred in breach of any special import conditions, stating that it was imported in the normal manner and that all required taxes were paid, with no special terms attached.
CALL FOR INTERVENTION
Mohamed appealed directly to GRA Head Godfrey Statia, urging him to intervene and prevent what he described as the continued political weaponisation of the Revenue Authority.
He argued that if the same level of scrutiny were applied to multinational corporations and oil companies, Guyana would be better served.
Mohamed ended his statement with a quotation attributed to German theologian Martin Niemöller, warning of the dangers of silence in the face of political persecution.
