Filmmaker Seun
Egbegbe’s phone theft case was a no-show on Wednesday as his matter was
adjourned until April 12, 2017.
Egbegbe made
headlines in November last year when he was caught stealing nine
iPhone worth
N2.4m at Computer Village in Ikeja, and consequently arraigned before an Ikeja
Magistrate’s Court.
The controversial
filmmaker made headlines again last week when he posed as the Managing Director
of General Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos, to dupe one Alhaji Isa Adamu and Abdullahi
Haruna( both bureau de change mallam) of $9,000 and £3000, and was caught.
His trial for
allegedly stealing nine iPhones was stalled on Wednesday at an Ikeja Magistrate
because the police failed to produce him in court.
Police source said
the failure of the police to produce Egbegbe in court was owing to his recent
arrest over the $12,000 scam.
It was gathered
that the suspect’s failure to appear in court was because he is still in police
custody over the alleged foreign exchange scam.
Due to his absence and that of the prosecutor, the Chief Magistrate
Aje-Afunwa adjourned until April 12, 2017 for the trial.
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