The Federal High Court, Kaduna Division, has ruled that former Governor Nasir El-Rufai may receive medical treatment at facilities of his choice in Abuja whenever required.
El-Rufai was arraigned before the court on Wednesday. During the proceedings, his defence counsel made a compassionate plea requesting that the anti-graft agency allow the defendant access to dental and eye care at designated Abuja hospitals.
In response, the court granted the request and directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to convey El-Rufai, under strict supervision, to medical facilities including Mile Dental Clinic and Skipper Eye-Q Hospital, Abuja, as needed.
The court ordered that he be returned to custody immediately after each treatment.
At a previous hearing, El-Rufai had been granted bail set at ₦200 million with two sureties in the same amount.
The administrative bail earlier granted to the second defendant, Joel Adoga, was also adopted by the court.
Wednesday’s session was scheduled to hear El-Rufai’s motion seeking a variation of the earlier bail conditions. The prosecution counsel filed a counter-affidavit opposing the application. After arguments from both sides, the court adjourned the matter until Thursday (today) for a ruling.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
