By Adenike Lawal
The Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has acquitted former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode of forgery charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe ruled that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case, upholding a no-case submission by Fani-Kayode’s counsel, Norrison Quakers (SAN).
The EFCC had accused Fani-Kayode of forging medical reports to evade trial in a separate N4.9 billion fraud case. Witnesses, including officials from Kubwa General Hospital, testified that the hospital never issued the documents.
Despite prosecution claims that Fani-Kayode paid for the reports, the court found no sufficient evidence linking him to the alleged forgery.
