Nenadi Usman's lawyer also asked the court to release travel passport belonging to the second defendant to enable her go for medical treatment abroad.
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- The trial of the former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode took a new turn on Wednesday, January 17, when a co-accused prayed the court to dissociate her from the case
- Nenadi Usman prayed the court to tray her differently
- She also applied for the transfer of her matter from Lagos to Abuja for convenience
The former minister of state for finance has asked the court to try her seperately
The trial of the former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode took a new turn on Wednesday, January 17, when a co-accused prayed the court to dissociate her from the case.
Nenadi Usman, a former minister of state for finance said she wanted to be tried differently from the first defendant in the matter.
Usman also prayed the court to transfer her trial to an Abuja court for convenience.
At the trial, Usman’s counsel Jelili Owonikoko informed the court of two applications pending before it.
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The counsel said one of the applications is a request to try his client differently and in a different court in Abuja.
He said Usman feared she might not get justice if she is tried with the first defendant.
“We are concerned about the joint trial of the first defendant (Usman) with the second defendant (Fani-Kayode),” Ownikoko said.
For convenience, Owoikoko said it was becoming difficult for his client to make several trips to Lagos because of cash constraint.
He reminded the court that all bank accounts belonging to Usman has been frozen.
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Owokoko in addition asked the court to release the travel passport of the second defendant to enable her go for medical treatment abroad.
Usman, Fani Kayode and two others are facing a N4.9 billion trial before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
They were slammed a 17-count charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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Subsequently, in another application, Fani-Kayode asked the judge to disqualify himself from the matter.
Fani-Kayode’s lawyer, Norrison Quakers backed his application on the fact that the judge was a former prosecutor with the EFCC.
Having heard the prayers made by the defendants, the judge over the matter, Justice Hassan adjourned the case to Wednesday, January 18, for hearing on the applications.
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