Court Grants Ex-Finance Minister Permission To Travel Abroad For Cancer Treatment
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has
granted the former Minister of State for Finance, Mrs. Nenadi Usman, the permission to travel to the United States of America, USA, for medical care.Justice Aikawa, who granted the permission on Tuesday, also ordered that
Mrs. Nenadi Usman’s passport be released to her to enable her travel to
USA from December 18.
Mrs. Nenadi Usman had disclosed to the court that she had cancer and
needed to travel abroad for treatment. She had disclosed her cancer
problem when she asked Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court
in Lagos to permit her to travel abroad to receive treatment.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Usman
with former Minister of Aviation Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. They were
charged with former National Chairman of the Association of Local
Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and ex-Chairman of Kagarko Local
Government of Kaduna State, Mr. Yusuf Danjuma and a company said to
belong to him, Jointrust Dimentions Nigeria Limited. EFCC arraigned them
on a 17-count charge of laundering about N4.6billion.
They pleaded not guilty. However, following the granting of her
permission to travel abroad for medical care, Justice Aikawa said that
she is to present herself for trial on the next adjourned date of
January 31, 2018.
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