A Lagos State prosecutor, Y. A. Pitan, Wednesday said a former Super Eagles’ Captain, Augustine Jay-Jay Okocha, accused of income tax evasion since 2017, had finally settled with the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).
She told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos that the LIRS informed it that the defendant visited its office and reconciled his accounts.
Pitan then prayed the court for an adjournment to enable her file a notice of discontinuance of the charge preferred against Okocha. Justice Adedayo Akintoye, consequently, withdrew the warrant of arrest earlier issued on the defendant. She adjourned the further hearing until November 14, to enable prosecution file notice of discontinuance of the charge.