Coup Allegation: Fani-Kayode Hospitalised After DSS Grilling? Lawyer Opens Up

• Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister, has been hospitalised, according to his lawyer, Wale Balogun
• Balogun made this revelation on Monday, February 20, at the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja
• The lawyer stated that Fani-Kayode had been down in health since the DSS grilled him in Abuja over his allegation of an imminent coup

Ikeja, Lagos - The lawyer of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister, Wale Balogun, has disclosed that his client has been hospitalised following his experience at the office of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja recently.

Balogun, on Monday, February 20, said this is the reason for Fani-Kayode's absence at the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, where he is standing trial over a certificate forgery allegation instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), New Telegraph reports.

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According to FFK's counsel, the former minister has lost his peace since he returned from the DSS office, a situation he claimed has affected the politician's health.

During the proceeding monitored by The Punch on Monday, Balogun told the court:

“We regret to announce to your lordship that the defendant is not in court due to health reasons, and secondly due to a running battle he has with both the DSS and the police.”

"Since the last time we were here, the defendant has been reporting every day at the DSS, and while he was doing this, the Nigeria Police invited him...

“Since we left here at the last date, he has not been able to have peace of mind, and that has affected his health.

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“On the 16th, he was at the hospital and on Saturday he was also readmitted at the National Hospital.

“Even now as we speak, he is also there, and based on this it has become imperative to seek your lordship’s indulgence not only to vacate today, but the other days, 21 and 22.

“We humbly apply that those days be vacated to enable him resolve those issues.”

Edo naira redesign protests: Police asked to arrest Oshiomhole

The Edo State Government on Wednesday accused Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of being involved in the riots that broke out early on Wednesday, February 15, in Benin City.

The state government in a statement released by the commissioner for communication, Chris Osa Nehikhare, called on security agencies to invite Oshiomhole, interrogate and arrest him so he could account for his movements within Benin city in the last couple of days.

Nehikhare who addressed a press conference after the riot said that the government, after appraising the situation, has come to the conclusion that there is more to be discovered about the ugly incident.

Source: Legit.ng