The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to pay N200,000 for not making himself available for re-arraignment for alleged money laundering.
The alleged fraudulent transactions took place January to March 2015, the period which formed part of Mr Fani-Kayode’s time as the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential campaigns for the reelection of then President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. The case was then assigned to Mr Osaigor and the defendants scheduled for re-arraignment on Wednesday.When the case was called on Wednesday, Bilikisu Buhari, announced an appearance for prosecution, and I.J. Ogechukwu for the first defendant , Mr B.F. Ajudua for the second defendant and Y. Olabode for the third and fourth defendants.
Mrs Buhari told the court that letters by the second defendant had become numerous, saying that he wrote them to avoid attending court sittings.However, Mr Fani-Kayode’s counsel, Mr Ajudua, told the court that although his client’s illness was recurring, he had attended court regularly.At this point, the judge decided to go through the court’s file and discovered that Fani-Kayode sought a similar medical excuse five times.
“The second defendant is to pay a cost of N200,000 before the next adjourned date, as the recurring medical excuse has been a pattern that slows this trial,” he said.The EFCC has alleged that the defendants committed the offences from January to March 2015.
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