The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the arrest of a police
officer, Bello Abubakar, listed as the first prosecution witness in the
case of a Nigerian film maker, Olajide Kazeem, better known as Seun
Egbegbe, who was charged with serial frauds involving N39, 098,100,
$90,000 and £12,550.
The trial judge in the case, Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, said on
Thursday that Abubakar must be produced before her on October 11 to
continue his testimony.
The judge had earlier issued a bench warrant against Abubakar, ordering that he must be in court on Thursday.
The police officer, however, failed to appear, to the judge’s displeasure.
The police prosecutor, Innocent Anyigor, told the judge that Abubakar
had gone out of jurisdiction, adding that all his efforts to bring him
to court on Thursday failed.
Justice Oguntoyinbo berated the police prosecutor for the poor handling
of the case, which had been filed before her since February.
She said the witness must be brought before her on October 11.
She directed the fifth defendant to get a counsel before the next adjourned date.
The police had first arraigned Egbegbe alongside one Oyekan Ayomide in
February; the charges were subsequently amended on two occasions leading
to their arraignment on 40 counts on April 3.
The defendants were accused of swindling no fewer than 30 Bureau De
Change operators in Lagos of various sums both in local and foreign
currencies between 2015 and 2017.
The police alleged that they defrauded the BDC operators mostly by
falsely representing to the victims that they had foreign currencies to
sell to or buy from the BDC operators.
Those arraigned alongside Egbegbe and Ayomide were Lawal Kareem, Olalekan Yusuf and Muyideen Shoyombo.
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