Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has been acquitted and discharged of the charge of medical forgery levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Fani-Kayode was acquitted on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, by a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
In her ruling, Justice Olubumni Abike-Fadipe held that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against him.
According to the court, Fani-Kayode had no case to answer as the EFCC did not link him to the offence.
Abike-Fadipe added that the prosecution failed to present the defendant’s associates who collected money from him or the lawyer who claimed that the defendant had instructed his law firm to take the medical reports to the Federal High Court.
“The extrajudicial statements which remain, and which 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.
“The prosecution has failed to establish a prima facie case which would require the defendant to open his defence,” she stated.