Femi Fani-Kayode could be arrested if he fails to show up for his trial, a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja ruled on Wednesday.
The former Minister of Aviation is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged forgery and related offences.
But for more than six months, he has not shown up for his trial in Court, and the Judge in now angry, threatening to issue a warrant of arrest on him.
Justice Abike-Fadipe has given him until November 7 to appear before the court.
According to Justice Olubumni Abike-Fadipe the siting Judge at the special ciurt in Ikeja, Fani-Kayode has refused to appear in the Court to answer questions on a 12-count charge of using false documents, use of fabricated evidence, procuring the execution of documents by false pretence, and fabricating evidence.
In the Court documents provided by the EFCC, the former Minister was accused of procuring one Dr. Ogieva Oziegbe to issue a fake medical report, which he allegedly tendered before the Federal High Court where he is currently standing trial before Justice Daniel Osiagor over money laundering allegations.
The anti-graft agency EFCC also claimed that Fani-Kayode on October 11, 2021, in Kubwa, Abuja, connived with one Dr. Ogieva Oziegbe to execute a document titled: MEDICAL REPORT ON Olufemi Fani Kayode 60 YEARS/MALE/HOSP. NO.00345 and purportedly to have been issued by Kubwa General Hospital.
The Commission further maintained that procuring and execution of documents by false pretence contradicts section 369 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
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