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Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, is battling a heart disease and has been hospitalised.
His lawyer, Mr. Norrison Quakers (SAN) disclosed this on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, where his client’s trial for an alleged fraud of N4.9bn was holding, according to a report by The Punch.
While praying the court to grant him an adjournment, Quakers reportedly promised to furnish the court with a medical report to back Fani-Kayode’s claim of ill health.
The adjournment prayer was not opposed by the prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo.
But the prosecutor urged the presiding judge, Justice Rilwan Aikawa, to observe the provision of Section 396(4) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, which stipulated that no party, in a criminal case, could have more than five adjournments.
Oyedepo noted that already, the case had been adjourned twice at Fani-Kayode’s instance.
After hearing the parties out, Justice Aikawa adjourned the case till February 28 and March 1 and 2, 2018.