A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode was on Tuesday, interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) .
The officials of the anti-graft agency said he was invited to answer questions relating to the forgery of a medical report which he allegedly provided to evade his trial before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
Fani-Kayode was said to have arrived at the Lagos Office of the commission in the company of his lawyer at about 1pm.
The commission has also said it would give an update on the interrogation later when it concludes its investigations.
Recall that Fani-Kayode is standing trial on an alleged N4.6 billion fraud before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.
The EFCC had charged him alongside a former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, and two others on 17 counts of conspiracy, money laundering, and fraud.
At the last sitting of the court on October 13, the judge had imposed a cost of N200,000 on him due to his failure to appear before the court for his re-arraignment following the transfer of the former trial judge, Justice Rilwan Aikawa.
He was ordered to pay the fine or stand the risk of having his bail revoked after he failed to appear before the court for his re-arraignment.
Instead of appearing in court, former minister had sent a letter to the court, claiming that his doctors had placed him on bed rest.
However, Counsel to the EFCC, Mrs Bilikisu Buhari had informed the court that the letters had become numerous and had also become an excuse for him to evade trial.
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