The Ikeja special offences court in Lagos state has discharged and acquitted Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, of 12 forgery-related charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ruling on Tuesday, Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, the trial judge,
said the prosecution failed to link Fani-Kayode with the alleged offences.
In December 2021, EFCC accused Fani-Kayode of forging a
medical report to evade trial in another case.
The former minister was alleged to have hired Ogieva Oziegbe
to produce the false document, which was presented at a federal high court in
Ikoyi.
Fani-Kayode pleaded not guilty and later filed a no-case
submission after the prosecution presented its witnesses.
Delivering her verdict, Abike-Fadipe ruled that the EFCC had
not provided enough evidence to prove the allegations.
“I have carefully studied the evidence of the prosecution
witnesses and I cannot find where the defendant committed the alleged
offences,” the judge ruled.
“The prosecution has failed to establish a prima facie case
that would require the defendant to open his defence.”
The judge consequently discharged and acquitted the
defendant of the alleged offences.
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