An Abuja High Court on Thursday permitted Mike Ozekhome to travel to the United Kingdom for six weeks to receive medical treatment, temporarily releasing his international passport.
Justice Chizoba Oji, who granted the application, ordered Ozekhome to return the passport to the court on or before August 26 after the medical trip.
Ozekhome and his co-defendant, Ponfa Useni, are standing trial on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged forgery and impersonation filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). The charges stem from a dispute over the ownership of a property in the United Kingdom.
The court had, on Tuesday, expressed concern that the prosecution had failed to deposit the defendants’ international passports with the court, despite the passports forming part of the bail conditions granted in February.
Justice Oji consequently directed the prosecution to produce the travel documents at Thursday’s sitting.
