Adedayo Akintoye, the judge, issued the warrant for the arrest of the former Eagles captain on January 29 and thereafter adjourned until February 19.
However, on February 19, the prosecution had not effected the arrest forcing the judge to, again, adjourn till April 15 and ordering that the warrant be executed by then.
The football star is facing a three-count charge instituted by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice bordering on failure to furnish his income returns and nonpayment of tax.
The state filed the charges through its prosecutor, Jide Martins, in June 2017 and the suit began four months later.
The defendant, however, had failed to appear in court.
After several adjournments without Mr Okocha appearing despite having been served the court papers, Mr Martins prayed the court to issue a bench warrant for his arrest.
According to the prosecutor, Mr Okocha had failed to furnish his income returns for tax purposes to the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service.
Mr Martins also said that the defendant had failed to pay his income taxes.
He said the offences contravened Sections 56 (a) and (b) of the Lagos State Revenue Administration Law No. 8, 2006 and Section 94 (1) of the Personal Income Tax Act Cap P8, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
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Abeg which biz is my bf into in Lagos state. Tax evasion is a serious crime o
ReplyDeleteI know he sells ac gas..Lol I use his product
DeleteUseless people
ReplyDeleteHow many Lagosians pay income tax?
All the former politicians, are they paying income tax? All these expatriates, are they paying income tax? What about musicians? Actors?
Goats. Go and arrest him na, is it not someone that you see you will arrest?
Na wa o. Who made you so bitter? Those people pay their taxes. The question you should ask is what income they declare to be taxed on
DeleteThey pay o! They do! Can be reduced but they do! I have been a Victim before you either pay and avoid wahala or grease hands when wahala arrives.
DeleteWhen churches dont pay tax.
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Where were you during that particular topic in BUSINESS STUDIES?
DeleteJay Jay please do the needful, for no one is above the law of his country.
ReplyDeleteHe may have been paying but not the right percentage. My company pays yet they still said we didn't pay d right percentage. They now calculated the back taxes and said we still owe them 200m or so.
DeleteBut why would they accept payment if it wasn't the right percentage at first? Shouldn't they have told your company earlier that what they paid isn't the right figure? Or don't they indicate the real figures in their register? I think the tax collectors are criminally minded people if they can do such a thing.
DeleteI don't know for them o. They calculated for as far back as 2002 before majority of us even worked there.
DeleteIt's the auditor that understands how it happened. I don't.
Teejay, just so you know that tax office can accept payment even though it's not complete. It's done anywhere in the world. They will take it and keep chasing up for the balance.
DeleteTeejay, it is 100% possible, you can pay less than or more than in taxes,hence you have tax refund. They might have used a wrong tax code for you if e.g its a new business or you're just changing jobs and your new employer has not updated the tax office. What most developed countries do is either roll it over to the next tax year, meaning you'll pay more than or notify you so you can send them a cheque and vice-versa if its the other way round.
DeleteUSA does not dot that. Once, you have a new job, you're made to fill out yourinformation on a form and that's what your new employer will use for your taxes. You can't start your new job without it.
DeleteTee Jay knows nothing, please explain to him again how it works. That’s how you know people that don’t pay taxes.
DeleteSo many running from paying taxes. Even we that paid we are still in pains with bad roads and no portable water
ReplyDeletena wa....o
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Enter your comment...awwww
ReplyDeleteWhat are they using all the tax in Lagos state to do. Is it not Tinubu"s kitty it's going to.
ReplyDeleteIf you even see the use in our education sector,medical sector,roads and the rest I will say.
Govt schools plus govt hosital all crap you still need to pay with poor service.
Chaiii probably JayJay is owing them plenty millions,mabye not paying since he was playing. That's how they brought one huge bill for my company that we werent paying the right percentage from our salary. Our wages had to be even more garnished than b4.
How many people pay Tax in Nigeria?
ReplyDeleteHowever, tax evasion is a crime.
Citing a bad example to justify a bad behavior is a direct indication of how low our moral decadence is in Nigeria or simply put, some people are just plain ignorant of the law!@ Anon 8:40 and 8:42. Mr Okocha should pay his Tax. Simple
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DeleteThe ones people the pay, wetin APC government use am dey do? @Blessed Princess
ReplyDelete@ Blessed Princess, that is no excuse pls. And what did OBJ and Jonathan or P.D.P did with the taxes they collected then? Point is: pay your tax. Regardless of what govt is doing with it...The Bible also indicated same thing.
DeleteMr. Stan ogini di? She has the right to question the govt on what they do with the heavy taxes they collect. We will psy our tax not withstanding...but we need to see results baby!
DeleteThey don't deserve any tax cos the one the collects was not put to use, no road, no water, no good health system they only squanders & loot the tax, they should go & die with their tax evasion case. Wicked tinubu govt
ReplyDeleteBad roads in this country are too many, eg Benin roads are so bad, no drainages. When it is rainy season everywhere is flooded. So where is the revenue from taxes going?
ReplyDeleteWetin concern Lagos with Benin?
DeleteHow many senators, house of rep members n top govt officials truly pay taxes
ReplyDeleteHave they returned his money that was in that saraki bank that collapsed .
ReplyDeleteSavanah abi Societe Generale Bank. A whopping 100 million naira back then. That money na billions today. Anyway, make him show face for court go answer dem or send correct lawyer if him no dey Naija ATM before dem go use this one enter him SportsBet company.
Deleteyou guys should Google the history of Taxation, we have mineral resources that were processed using tax payers money. now that they have been processed in a standard society, the government is supposed to use the proceeds to prospect for more, create multiple export commodities and run the country strictly on that. No need to bother the citizens about taxation anymore. That is why they have excess money to loot. For a country with oil the Federal government ought to have a welfare package for its citizens. You guys should Google Libya's Government policies, before they killed Gaddafi. That is the model society for an oil producing country.
ReplyDeleteIf tax evation is this serious in Nigeria..then all the politicians and their subjects should be behind bars..
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