THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has kicked against the application filed by the former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, seeking to travel to the United States for a medical treatment.
Nnamani, who is being tried before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for allegedly defrauding his state to the tune of N4.5 billion, filed the application through his counsel, Ricky Tarfa, stating that there is urgent need for him to be allowed to travel out on health ground.
The ex-governor’s application was supported by an affidavit deposed to by Ayo Ambali, who stated that sometime in 2008, Nnamani was diagnosed of having “hypercloclesterolemnia and a high level serum Prostrate Surface Antigem (SPA),” adding that he had gone to the United States of America several times for medical treatments.
According to Ambali, after carrying out series of examinations and tests on Nnamani, his personal physician advised that he come to the United States for compulsory intermittent medical checkups and treatments.
However, the EFCC, in its counter-affidavit, dismissed the application as an attempt to further delay the matter, stressing that the ailment for which Nnamani seeks to travel abroad could be treated in Nigeria.
In a counter-affidavit deposed to by Ahamefula Ken Mbaeri, the anti-graft agency stated that Nnamani was also standing trial before an Enugu State High Court, and that granting the application would jeopardise the case, which is to come up on April 29, 2013.
EFCC vehemently opposed the application, urging the court to dismiss the application.
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