Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Ikeja Special Offences Court honest no longer too long ago ruled in prefer of Femi Fani-Kayode, a venerable minister of aviation, by discharging and acquitting him of costs connected to clinical forgery.
The case changed into once brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Price (EFCC). The deem determined that the prosecution did no longer most modern ample proof to set apart a connection between Fani-Kayode and the alleged crimes.
The court docket came for the duration of that the prosecution’s proof changed into once insufficient to require Fani-Kayode to protect himself. This ruling follows the EFCC’s costs on November 11, 2021, which included fabricating proof and the utilization of fraudulent paperwork.
Regardless of calling seven witnesses for the duration of the trial, the EFCC may well possibly even no longer substantiate their claims, main to Fani-Kayode’s successful no-case submission in December 2024.
