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 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.
According to Punch, 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 after they 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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