A FCT High Court in Zuba, on Wednesday dismissed the application filed by the Medical Director, Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor asking for variation of his bail conditions. Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held that granting the application would not be in the interest of justice adding that Otabor’s wife or close relative can give psychological support to his sick son. “There is nothing to prove or establish the nature of the sickness or hospital the defendant’s son is, the defendant’s International passport is the only surety the court has,” she said.
Earlier, counsel to Otabor, Afam Osigwe, SAN filed a motion dated May 7, seeking an order to vary the condition of bail granted to Otabor in order to apply for his visa to travel out of the country to visit his sick son. Osigwe sought for permission of the court to temporarily release Otabor’s International passport so that he could apply for visa to visit his son, a medical student in Poland. He said the motion was supported by a 17 paragraph affidavit and a written address which he relied on.
The Prosecution Counsel, Hassan Tahir, however filed a counter affidavit of six paragraphs with a written address which he relied on and urged the court to reject the application in the interest of justice. Osigwe filed a further affidavit of 15 paragraphs with exhibit A1 is a travel insurance , exhibit A2 letter of acceptance from the school and submitted that that the prosecution counsel’s counter affidavit offended se.