Nigeria, July 10 -- Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairperson of Nigeria's Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, says he was forced to flee his home and now lives under police protection after receiving death threats for leading efforts to reduce tax-related extortion in Nigeria.

The threats followed his public comments about stopping more than 60 government agencies from collecting taxes and levies illegally.

Speaking in an interview on Nigeria Info on Wednesday, Mr Oyedele said he never imagined the scale of backlash that would follow his policy reform efforts.

He disclosed that he had to abandon the house he built over more than a decade and move to a secret location under the watch of armed police officers.

"My family got a d...