The Justice of a Lagos High Court, Justice Lateefat Okunnu has on Tuesday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of two oil marketers for failing to appear in court to answer charges preferred against them by EFCC.

The oil marketers, Opeyemi Ajuya and Olarenwaju Olalusi, it would be recalled, had been arraigned along with their companies – Mojope Investment Limited and Axenergy Limited before Justice Okunnu.

They had been arraigned alongside Abdullahi Alao, the son of a prominent businessman, Alhaji Abdullazeez Arisekola-Alao for an alleged N1.1 billion fuel subsidy fraud.

CEOAFRICA news desk gathered that both Ajuyah and Olalusi were not physically present at the resumed hearing of the matter on Tueday (Today), despite the judge’s directive while Alao was physically present.

The trial judge had granted the request by Mrs. Olubunmi Bosed, who is counsel to the EFCC, who purported to the court that no formal notice was sent to the prosecution regarding the absence of the two defendants, asking the court to issue a bench warrant to them.

The case was further adjourned to Wednesday for continuous hearing.