Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) obtained a bench warrant for the arrest of Seun Ogunbambo.
But the day began with yet another setback after Mr. Ogunbambo failed to show up in court when the case was called. Consequent upon his absence, the EFCC attorney, Barrister Francis Usani, immediately applied for a bench warrant for his arrest.
The motion was not immediately granted as the court gave the benefit of the doubt to the suspect and waited for him to appear.
Mr. Ogunbambo was spotted about an hour later in the premises of the court, and a source at the court speculated that he may have troubled himself to come to the trial after all when he learnt the EFCC was about to lay its hands on an order to have him arrested.
Still, the suspect did not set foot into the courtroom, electing to remain in his car when the matter was called the second time, whereupon Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo granted the bench warrant requested by the EFCC.
The court source said Ogunbambo’s refusal to step into the courtroom may have been due to the fear of being immediately arrested if he made eye contact with the judge.
He had cause to fear. Earlier this month, Ogunbambo wrote a petition to the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayo Salami, and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mariam Aloma-Muktar against Justice Onigbanjo, unwisely alleging that the trial judge was determined to convict him regardless of the evidence.
by either not attending court or arriving long after the matter has been called.
It is unclear why the EFCC did not snatch Ogunbambo off the court premises today as it was generally known he was in the area.
The trial was adjourned to September 16.
The motion was not immediately granted as the court gave the benefit of the doubt to the suspect and waited for him to appear.
Mr. Ogunbambo was spotted about an hour later in the premises of the court, and a source at the court speculated that he may have troubled himself to come to the trial after all when he learnt the EFCC was about to lay its hands on an order to have him arrested.
Still, the suspect did not set foot into the courtroom, electing to remain in his car when the matter was called the second time, whereupon Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo granted the bench warrant requested by the EFCC.
The court source said Ogunbambo’s refusal to step into the courtroom may have been due to the fear of being immediately arrested if he made eye contact with the judge.
He had cause to fear. Earlier this month, Ogunbambo wrote a petition to the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayo Salami, and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mariam Aloma-Muktar against Justice Onigbanjo, unwisely alleging that the trial judge was determined to convict him regardless of the evidence.
by either not attending court or arriving long after the matter has been called.
It is unclear why the EFCC did not snatch Ogunbambo off the court premises today as it was generally known he was in the area.
The trial was adjourned to September 16.
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