The Federal High Court in Lagos has permitted a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, who is facing an alleged N2.2billion fraud trial, to go on a foreign medical trip.
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke made the order after upholding a February 5 Motion on Notice filed by Fayose’s lawyer, Ola Olanipekun (SAN).
The application sought an order granting the defendant leave “to travel outside Nigeria for further medical examination, diagnosis, treatment and therapeutics, as the exigency of his health demands, on dates which shall not coincide with or obstruct ant date of the trial in this case. lt also sought an order that Fayose’s international passport, which is with the court’s registrar as part of the conditions for his bail, be released to him and returned to the court upon his return from the trip.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is prosecuting Fayose through its counsel Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), did not oppose the application.
In granting the application – moved by another member of Fayose’s legal team, Mr Sunday Olowolafe – the court insisted that Fayose must be in Court on March 18 and 19, 2021, the next adjourned dates.
