By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, adjourned till June 3, ruling in the ‘no case submission’ in the trial of a Lagos Surgeon, Anuoluwapo Adepoju, charged over the allegedly evading investigation into a failed plastic surgery.
The defendant is charged by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), alongside her Clinic, MedContour Services Ltd.
They are standing trial on a five-count charge bordering on a refusal to honour an invitation for investigation as well as production of the investigation document.
She was re-arraigned on July 17, 2020, alongside her Medical outfit, before Justice Mohammed Liman and had pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail on self recognizance.
The case which was earlier fixed for ruling on Wednesday, could not proceed as the court did not sit.
Consequently, a new date of June 3 is now fixed for the ruling.
In the five-count charge brought against the defendants, the prosecution alleged that without sufficient cause, the first defendant failed to appear before the FCCPC in compliance with the Commission’s summons dated April 15.
The prosecution also alleged that without sufficient cause, the first defendant also refused and failed to produce a document which she was required to produce in compliance with the Commission’s notice of investigation dated April 14.
The defendant was further alleged to have prevented and obstructed the Commission from carrying out its investigation into the said issue.
The offences contravene the provisions of Sections 11(1)(a), 33(1)(a), 110, 113(1)(a) and 159(4) of the FCCPC Act, 2018