Madam Ada, who had stood in the dock while Justice Lateefa Okunnu was delivering judgment in a N1.9bn subsidy scam trial in which she and three others where defendants, slumped as the judge was about to pronounce her sentence.
The prosecuting counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), had pointed out to the judge that the offence carried a 7-year jail term and urged the judge to impose the maximum sentence.
But before the judge could pronounce the sentence, Madam Ada passed out.
As lawyers in court and her loved ones rushed to her aid, Justice Okunnu, noting the state of things, adjourned the case and reserved her pronouncement on the sentence till January 16.
As she regained consciousness, Madam Ada was panting loudly while her lawyers frantically called for medical personnel and an ambulance to take her to the hospital.
The convict was eventually carried out of the courtroom by her lawyers and loved ones into a waiting black jeep which sped out of the court premises.
Ontario Oil and Gas Limited; its Chairman, Mr. Walter Wagbatsoma; Madam Ada; and an official of the Petroleum Products Price and Regulatory Agency, Mr. Babafemi Fakuade, had been arraigned by the EFCC on August 1, 2013.
The EFCC, in the eight counts pressed against them, alleged that they were involved in a N1.9bn fuel subsidy scam.
The charges centred on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences, forgery and uttering, running into Billions of naira.
Justice Okunnu found Wagbatsoma and Madam Ada guilty, holding that they defrauded Nigeria to the tune of N754m in oil subsidy transactions totaling N1.7bn.
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