A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to have a former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode arrested.
Justice John Tsoho refused the request on Wednesday following an application by EFCC counsel Mohammed Abubakar.
The EFCC had asked the court to order Mr Fani-Kayode’s arrest after the ex-minister missed his trial for alleged diversion of N26million he received from a former national security adviser Sambo Dasuki in 2014.
The application was opposed by Fani-Kayode’s lawyer Wale Balogun who tendered a medical report dated November 24, 2020, advising the former minister to observe some bed rest.
Fani-Kayode was arraigned on November 11, 2016.
The case has been adjourned till February 23 and 24.
