Justice John Tsoho, of the Federal High Court on Wednesday rejected EFCC’s application to issue warrant of arrest against the former minister of aviation Chief Femi Fani-Kayode.
The EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, had urged the court to issue a warrant of arrest against the ex-minister following his absence from proceedings of his trial involving alleged diversion of N26m he received from the then National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in 2014. The application was opposed by Fani-Kayode’s lawyer, Mr Wale Balogun, who tendered a medical report dated November 24, 2020 advising the former minister to observe some bed rest.
The court in declining the EFCC application ruled that the medical report has presented by Fani Kayode’s lawyer showed that he had justifiable grounds to be absent from the trial on Wednesday. The court thereafter adjourned the suit till February 23 and 24.
Recall that EFCC had, on November 11, 2016, arraigned chief Fani-Kayode on five counts including alleged diversion of N26m, which he allegedly received from the then NSA, Sambo Dasuki, to pay for an unspecified contract.
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Apart from the fact that Fani-Kayode s verbal assault on the journalist from Daily Trust sparked a lot of bac 00000F67 klash against him by many Nigerians, especially from the media, a call for an immediate probe into his dealing while in office had been made. The call was made on Saturday, August 29, by a presidential media aide, Lauretta Onochie, on her Twitter page.