The
N2.2bn fraud trial of the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele
Fayose, was stalled on Thursday due to the absence of the prosecution’s key
witness, Musiliu Obanikoro.
The prosecuting counsel for
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), told the
judge that Obanikoro, who was in court only on Tuesday testifying against
Fayose, had been hospitalised.
Jacobs presented to the court a medical report from an Ikoyi hospital,
stating that Obanikoro was unwell.
But
receiving the report with misgivings, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun said it had
better been genuine or the hospital and the doctor that issued it risked the
loss of their licences, if the court verified the report and it was not
genuine.
While adjourning the case till
March 18, Justice Olatoregun said Obanikoro must unfailingly come to court, or
risked being committed to prison for three months, “so that he can be coming to
court in Black Maria.”
“He must present himself
before the court on the next adjourned date or be compelled to do so,” Justice
Olatoregun stressed.
Obanikoro is testifying
against Fayose, who was his ally in the Peoples Democratic Party before he
(Obanikoro) decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress.
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