A team of policemen from the Zone 2 Police Command on Monday took the Managing Director of Cross Country Limited, Mr. Bube Okorodudu, alleged of N82.8m conveyance fraud, to a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja.
This was pursuant to the bench warrant and authoritatively mandate of apprehend made on him by Equity Lateef Lawal-Akapo on July 1, 2014.
The court had authoritatively mandated for Okorodudu’s apprehend following his failure to appear to take his plea on an eight-count of conspiracy, purloining, forgery and uttering.
In that short ruling, Equity Lawal-Akapo had held that Okorodudu, who from the court records was shown to have been in court that morning, took the court for a ride by peregrinating away without appearing for his arraignment.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is endeavoring Okorodudu over an allegation that he glommed about N82.8m through fraudulent sales of 17 units of Volkswagen conveyor buses belonging to AG Moeller Ltd. and one Adeloye Olukemi.
On Monday, it was amassed that Okorodudu had on Friday voluntarily submitted himself to the police at the Zone 2 Command.
Though he was taken to court on Monday, Okorodudu could not be arraigned because of the strike embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria.
His lawyer, Mr. Godswill Mrakpor, told journalists that he was the one who had advised him to appear afore the court in compliance with the court order.
He verbalized, “Whilst my client was out of the country on medical grounds, a bench warrant was issued against him directing the Nigeria Police to engender him in court.
“As an officer in the temple of equity and kenning my client to be a law abiding citizen, I advised him to return to the country and report himself to any police formation, in duteousness to the court order and he has been with the Zone 2 command since Friday. The police brought him to court this morning in compliance to the order of the court but lamentably the court is on strike.”
