An Ikeja, Lagos State High Court on Thursday adjourned the arraignment of a popular transporter, Bube Okorodudu, over an N82.8 million theft till February 12.
The arraignment, which was earlier fixed for February 6, was adjourned because it was not listed for hearing by the court in its cause list.
Okorodudu and his transport firm, Cross Country Limited, will be arraigned alongside another company, Car Link Limited.
The defendants would be arraigned before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
They are facing a nine-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, forgery and uttering.
The EFCC counsel, Francis Usani, alleged that the defendants conspired among themselves to commit the offences between February and August, 2009.
Usani said they stole the money through the fraudulent sale of 17 units of Volkswagen transporter buses belonging to AG Moeller Limited.
According to him, the buses were fraudulently sold to GMT Nigeria Limited, Multichoice Nigeria Limited and Law Union and Rock/TFS Finance Limited.
He also accused the defendants of forging a document entitled: “Nigeria Customs Service Motor Vehicle Duty Certificate,” to facilitate the alleged stealing.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 390, 467 and 468 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003.
The offence of stealing attracts between seven and 20 years imprisonment, if an accused is found guilty.
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