The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday asked a Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos to dismiss an application filed by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mrs Olanrewaju Otiti, seeking the release of her international passport to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Mrs Otiti is currently standing trial alongside a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide and another PDP chieftain, Senator Ayo Ademola Adeseun over an alleged N650 million money laundering charge. In an application which was brought pursuant to the court’s laws and rules, Mrs Otiti is seeking the variation of her bail conditions to allow her access to her international passport for a foreign medical trip.
Arguing the application, her lawyer, Akinola Oladeji, pleaded with the court to grant his client permission to travel abroad because of her failing health. “We have attached her medical report dated 11th July, 2018, from the University College Hospital (UCH) as well as her medical history from 2009 up till 2019 to prove the urgency of the matter”, the lawyer said.
