Tax: Court renews Jay Jay Okocha’s arrest warrant

A Lagos State prosecutor, Y. A. Pitan, has told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos that former Super Eagles captain, Austin Okocha, has not liquidated the alleged tax debt he owed the state.

Mrs Pitan told Justice Adebayo Akintoye on Tuesday that Mr Okocha had visited the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) office but failed to settle the 2017 income tax.

“The LIRS informed us that the defendant (Mr Okocha) visited their office. He went there to reconcile accounts but has not settled yet,” she said.

The prosecutor said the former national football player had also failed to appear in court since October 5, 2017, when the case first came up.

Mr Okocha, who was not in court, was not represented by any lawyer and the judge renewed the warrant for his arrest for the third time.

Mr Akintoye who had earlier issued an arrest warrant on Mr Okocha on January 29 adjourned the case until October 10 for further directions.

(Ladun Liadi)