Alleged Phone Thief, Seun Egbegbe Appears In Court today After Spending 20 Months In Prison

The trial of Seun Egbegbe resumes today November 5th, after spending 20 months in prison for allegedly trying to rip off an unsuspecting Bureau de change operator at Gbagada General hospital.

Nollywood film-maker, Olajide Kazeem, popularly known as Seun Egbegbe, who has so far, spent about 20 months in prison custody, for failing to meet the N5million bail granted to him, will be arraigned this Monday by security operatives before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

Recall that the movie producer has been in custody since February 10, 2017, after he was arrested and arraigned by the police for alleged serial frauds involving N39, 098,100, $90,000 and £12,550.

Accoridng to the source , the police alleged that Egbegbe fraudulently obtained the money from no fewer than 40 Bureau De Change operators in Lagos over a period of two years – 2015 to 2017.

He was said to have allegedly swindled the BDC operators by falsely representing to them that he had naira to change into foreign currencies and vice versa.

Egbegbe, alongside one Oyekan Ayomide, was first arraigned on February 10, 2017 before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, on 36 counts bordering on advance fee fraud.

The charge sheet was subsequently amended twice, with the counts eventually increased to 40 and three other defendants – Lawal Kareem, Olalekan Yusuf and Muyideen Shoyombo – added.

The prosecuting counsel for the police, Innocent Anyigor, said Egbegbe and the other defendants acted contrary to Section 8 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and were liable to be punished under Section 1(3) of the same Act.

They, however, pleaded not guilty.

On February 24, 2017, Justice Oguntoyinbo granted each of them N5m bail with two sureties in like sum.

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 affidavit of means while their addresses were to be verified by the court registrar.

Justice Oguntoyinbo ordered that the defendants should be remanded in the prison custody until they meet the bail conditions.

About 20 months after the bail was granted, Egbegbe, who was known for lavish spending, has, however, remained in the Ikoyi Prison custody, as he has not been able to meet the bail conditions.

The case was last heard on November 1, 2018 and it is billed to resume on Monday (today) for continuation of trial.
http://www.nairafame.com/2018/11/alleged-phone-thief-seun-egbegbe.html

What a lazy youth,this is one Atikulooting fans

FCT Congrats bro. thief again u hear

See as hin neck long... D guy don chop sour beans tire
If only he knows hw many versions of new iPhone dat has been introduced into d market since den

Eyah,, this guy don suffer oo. So toyin and her likes no fit arrange 5m for am?

K

This guy na so u won finish your life ?

So fast? 20months already.

Oya fun won legbegbe ... fun won je bi Seun Egbegbe

OK oo

IPhone one Legbegbe

It is only in Nigeria that I saw thieves being cerebrated

I hope he doesn't come and become dreaded.

IPhone one LEGBEGBE.

Yoruba amaka

Don't be deceived by wealth they flaunt on social media. This should teach others a lesson, One by one they will be caught.

Na wa

Okay

Very soon Bollywood will release a movie called Igbos traders about his crime.

The wages of sin is ?

Baawaa:
What a lazy youth,this is one Atikulooting fans

The kind of brain-dead louts that make it to FP makes you wonder if Nairaland isn't an asylum

Wasn't like an in-house prison thing??, abi where are they coming from...See those officers lasan, if they say jump_ I'll fly!!

Twenty fucking months? Chai Buhari fear God small naaaah!!!

Baawaa:
What a lazy youth,this is one Atikulooting fans

Ok

He loves fraud. He must be a buhari fan.

The wages of sin is ??

IPhone 1 legbegbe, iPhone 2 legbegbe, iPhone 3 legbegbe

Funwon legbegbe!!! Mr real don use u blow!!!

Still wearing same Luios Vutton fake top and gucci sandals.

This is a clear message to all those who are motivated by materialism. You will perish in hell with all your material posseaions