A Lagos High Court in Igbosere yesterday gave a surety, Nurudeen Ekundayo, till June 24 to explain his failure to produce a Briton, Syed Mohammed Kamran, facing N10,320,000 fraud charge.
Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay renewed her January 21 order for the defendant to either produce Kamran, forfeit his bail bond or be ready to serve his time.
The judge warned Ekundayo, who was absent, on alleged account of ill-health, that unless he appeared in person in court at the next sitting, a bench warrant would be issued against him.
The warning followed an application for a bench warrant made by Lagos State counsel Bisayo Apata.
The application was opposed by Ekundayo’s counsel, Mrs. O. Adeniyi, who pleaded for more time, because the surety was ill.
Kamran was arraigned by the police in 2015 before Mrs. Abimbola Komolafe of an Ogba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly duping 11 Nigerians of about N120 million.
He allegedly obtained supplies of diesel, but failed to pay for the products.
He pleaded not guilty.
The Briton spent several months in Kirikiri Prison custody following his failure to meet bail.
But soon after he met his bail bond, he allegedly absconded.
The Nation learnt that Kamran, who relocated to Nigeria from Essex in the United Kingdom, was arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Police Command, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport en route the UK.
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