Court denies KC Luxury bail for hospital treatment, orders accelerated trial

The Federal High Court successful Lagos has refused to assistance businessman and societal media influencer, Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known arsenic KC Luxury, bail connected aesculapian grounds pursuing his ongoing proceedings implicit alleged cocaine trafficking and wealth laundering.

Justice Musa Kakaki, who delivered the ruling connected Wednesday, held that the defence failed to supply capable aesculapian grounds to warrant the defendant’s release.

The justice said the exertion did not found peculiar circumstances warranting bail, adding that nary aesculapian certificate had been presented to enactment the request.

“There is nary aesculapian certificate to warrant the tribunal to assistance him bail,” the justice ruled.

Justice Kakaki, however, directed the Ikoyi Custodial Centre to assistance Kazeem unrestricted entree to doctors and aesculapian specialists for immoderate attraction required.

The tribunal besides ordered an accelerated proceeding of the lawsuit and adjourned proceedings until November 2, for the commencement of trial.

At the erstwhile proceeding connected October 23, Kazeem was brought to the tribunal premises successful an ambulance portion receiving oxygen.

His lawyer, Emefo Etudo, had urged the tribunal to assistance him bail to alteration him to get specialized aesculapian attraction astatine the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

The defence counsel claimed that his client’s wellness had deteriorated pursuing a lung illness and argued that helium required specialised aesculapian attention.

However, prosecuting counsel, Abu Ibrahim, opposed t...