An Abuja High Court has dismissed an application by a former minister, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, seeking leave to travel abroad for medical checkup.
Yuguda, a former Minister of State for Finance, is standing trial for alleged diversion of N3.3 billion alongside retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, the former National Security Adviser.
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi dismissed the application on the grounds that it was frivolous and did not have the consent of the sureties.
Yuguda’s counsel, Akin Ayodele, had filed an application seeking the court’s leave for the applicant to travel to the United Arab Emirates for medical checkup.
But the prosecuting counsel, Henry Ejiga, opposed the application, saying that it was an attempt to further delay the trial.
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