Judge orders arrest of Police Officer listed as witness in Seun Egbegbe’s case

               

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos, reportedly 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 Judge issued a bench warrant against Abubakar, ordering that he must be produced before her on October 11 to continue his testimony as 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.

Punch reports that Justice Oguntoyinbo berated the police prosecutor for the poor handling of the case, in which Seun Egbegbe, Ayomide, Lawal Kareem, Olalekan Yusuf and Muyideen Shoyombo were accused of defrauding no fewer than 30 Bureau De Change operators, by falsely representing to the victims that they had foreign currencies to sell to or buy from the BDC operators.