A witness in the ongoing trial of Femi Fani-Kayode, former
Minster of Aviation, has narrated how he allegedly paid N820,000 for fake
medical reports.
The ex-minister, who is standing trial for alleged
corruption, had reportedly forged medical reports to evade appearing in court.
Testifying before a special offences court in Lagos, ABIDAT,
a media practitioner, narrated how she was called by Fani-Kayode to procure the
medical reports for different amount.
She said Fani-Kayode gave her N120,000 for the first forged
medical certificate, N150,000 for the second forged medical report, N250,000 to
procure the third forged medical report and N300,000 for the fourth forged
medical report.
She also told Justice O.O Abike-Fadipe that Fani-Kayode
dictated what should be the content of the medical report should contain.
Fani-Kayode is facing 12 counts before Justice Abike-Fadipe,
brought against him by the EFCC, following his alleged use of forged medical
report(s), tendered before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court
sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, where he is being prosecuted by the EFCC for an
alleged N4.9billion fraud.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Femi Fani-Kayode, on or
about the 11th day of October, 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, by fraudulently used a false document titled: MEDICAL REPORT
ON OLUFEMI FANI-KAYODE 60 YEARS/MALE/HOSP. NO. 00345 DATED 11/10/2021 before
the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division in charge No. FHC/L/251C/2016
which document you purported to have been issued by Kubwa General Hospital.”
Another count reads: “That you, Femi Fani-Kayode, on or
about the 23rd day of March, 2021 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, fraudulently used a false document titled: TO WHOM IT MAY
CONCERN RE: FEMI FANI-KAYODE MALE/60 YEARS HOSPITAL. NO. 32145 DATED 23rd MARCH
2021 before the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division in charge No.
FHC/L/251C/2016 which document you purported to have been issued by Kubwa
General Hospital.”
He pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when he was first
arraigned on December 17, 2021.
At resumed of proceeding on Thursday, the prosecution’s
first witness, Bassey Amah, who introduced himself as Head, Medical Records,
Kubwa General Hospital, Abuja, was cross-examined by the lead defence counsel,
N.I. Quakers, SAN.
Under cross-examination, Quakers, through the witness,
tendered in evidence a Certified True Copy of his hospital’s identity card, and
it was thereafter admitted in evidence as Exhibit P2.
Quakers had noted during cross-examination that on the said
ID card, the witness was identified as Assistant Chief Medical Record Officer,
while he told the Court that he was the Head of the hospital’s Medical Record
Unit.
Under re-examination by lead prosecuting counsel, Rotimi
Oyedepo, the witness, however, clarified that what was on the ID card was his
rank and that by designation he is the Head of the Medical Record Unit.
The defence also through the witness, tendered in evidence
the extrajudicial statement of the witness, which was volunteered to the EFCC
in the course of investigations and it was admitted as Exhibit P3.
The case has been adjourned till April 8 and 29, 2022 for continuation of trial.
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