Cowards die many times before their deaths; some could pass as brave for their characteristic bluster, if you would pardon their timely headache, occasional cancer and coincidental ‘heart disease’ at the moment when they have to keep a date with comeuppance.
Take the case of Femi Fani-Kayode for instance, despite his initial posturing, his trial for an alleged fraud of N4.9bn was stalled on Wednesday due to his absence from the Federal High Court in Lagos. Like sewer rats fleeing the onslaught of an unrelenting charwoman, Femi is down as you read.
Counsel for the ex-minister, Mr. Norrison Quakers (SAN), told the court that his client was unable to make it to court as he had been hospitalised for a heart disease.
While praying the court to grant him an adjournment, Quakers promised to furnish the court with a medical report to back Fani-Kayode’s claim of ill health.
The adjournment prayer was not opposed by the prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo.
But the prosecutor urged the presiding judge, Justice Rilwan Aikawa, to observe the provision of Section 396(4) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, which stipulated that no party, in a criminal case, could have more than five adjournments.
