OK now! Tax evasion: Court renews Okocha’s arrest warrant (Punch)

jay jay okocha during the Final 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations match between Nigeria and Burkina Faso on the 10th February 2013 at National Stadium in Johannesburg©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix

A Lagos State Prosecutor, Mrs 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.

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

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

The prosecutor said the former footballer had also failed to appear in court since October 5, 2017 when the case first came up. Read more

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