Court clears Fani-Kayode of EFCC’s medical report forgery case

Justice Abike-Fadipe held that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the ex-minister.

The judge said Fani-Kayode had no case to answer because the prosecution failed to link him to the offence.

The judge said, “The extrajudicial statements which remain, and are intended as evidence, cannot be used for any purpose other than to contradict the person who made the statement when he is in the witness box.

“I have carefully studied the evidence of the prosecution witnesses, and I cannot find where the defendant committed the offences being alleged.

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“The prosecution has failed to establish a prima facie case which would require the defendant to open his defence.”

As a result, the judge acquitted and discharged the defendant on the alleged offences.

Speaking to journalists after his discharge, Fani-Kayode said he’s overjoyed that he’s finally free because he has been in and out of court for 18 years.

The EFCC had slammed a 12-count charge against the ex-minister following his alleged use of forged medical report(s), which he tendered before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The anti-graft agency was prosecuting him for an alleged N4.9 billion fraud.