On Tuesday, February 4, a court in Lagos state, freed Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation, of the charge of medical forgery slammed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In a ruling delivered by Justice Olubumni Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state, the court held that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the ex-minister.
As reported by Channels TV, the court on Tuesday, the court upheld the no case submission filed by his counsel, Norrison Quakers (SAN) and ruled that Fani-Kayode had no case to answer as the EFCC did not link him to the offence.
In her ruling, Justice Abike Fadipe said that the prosecution failed to present the defendantâs associates who collected money from him or the lawyer who claimed that the defendant had instructed his law firm to take the medical reports to the Federal High Court.
The judge consequently acquitted and discharged the defendant on the alleged offences.
The judge said:
Reacting to the court’s verdict elivered in his favour, Fani-Kayode expressed gratitude and relief.
He stated that he has been in and out of court for the past 18 years and he feels overjoyed that he is finally free.
Meanwhile, Fani-Kayode was facing a 12 count charge brought against him by the EFCC, following his alleged use of forged medical report(s), which he tendered before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, where he was being prosecuted by the EFCC for an alleged N4.9billion fraud.
The former minister, however, denied the allegations.
In December 2024, he filed a no case submission and urged the court to acquit him while submitting that the prosecution had failed to establish the charge against him.
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In another development TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Femi Fani-Kayode shared an emotional story as he recounted how his father was abducted during the 1966 coup.
Speaking in commemoration of Armed Forces Remembrance Day 2025, FFK shared how a compassionate soldier gave his family hope after his father was abducted by coup plotters.
The former minister’s father was Chief Remilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode, the Deputy Premier of the Old Western Region.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
