Nollywood film-maker and producer, Olajide Kareem, aka Seun Egbegbe, has spent over 30 months (two years and six months) in prison after he failed to meet the N5m bail granted him by the Federal High Court in Lagos.
He was incarcerated on February 10, 2017.
The 43-year-old who is an
Egbegbe allegedly swindled the BDC operators out of the money
The erstwhile Lagos socialite had been arraigned by the police for a series of fraud involving N39,098,100, $90,000 and £12,550.
Egbegbe and one Oyekan Ayomide were first arraigned on February 10, 2017, before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, on 36 counts bordering
The charge sheet was subsequently amended twice, with the
The prosecuting counsel for the police, Innocent Anyigor, said
They pleaded not guilty.
On February 24,
The judge said one of the sureties must be a civil servant on at least Level 16 and must own a landed property in Lagos State.
The surety, the court said, must deposit the Certificate of Occupancy of the landed property in the custody of the court.
Both sureties were to swear to
Oguntoyinbo ordered them to be remanded in prison until they meet the bail conditions.
Over 30 months after, Egbegbe has remained in the Ikoyi Prison, as he has been unable to perfect his bail conditions.
The police prosecutor, Anyigor, had told the court that he had no
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Rotimi Oladokun, on Sunday confirmed that
“It is not our fault. It is simply because he has not met his bail conditions,” he said.
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