{"id":77539,"date":"2021-01-05T19:32:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77539"},"modified":"2021-01-05T19:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:36:18","slug":"adoke-stopped-from-returning-to-nigeria-after-testing-positive-to-covid-19-in-dubai-trials-may-be-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/adoke-stopped-from-returning-to-nigeria-after-testing-positive-to-covid-19-in-dubai-trials-may-be-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoke Stopped From Returning To Nigeria After Testing Positive To Covid-19 In Dubai, Trials May Be Postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officials of the United Arab Emirate, UAE, have prevented Nigeria\u2019s<br \/>\nformer Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Mohammed Adoke, from<br \/>\nreturning to Nigeria after he tested positive to the Coronavirus in<br \/>\nDubai.<\/p>\n<p>Adoke is expected to return to Court on January 11, 2021 for the<br \/>\ncontinuation of his trials for money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Pointblanknews.com that few days ago, Adoke, was prevented<br \/>\nfrom boarding an Emirate Flight to Abuja after a test result carried out<br \/>\non him returned positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was supposed to be on the same flight with me, but I didn\u2019t see him<br \/>\nwhen we landed in Abuja. When I called someone else in Dubai to find out<br \/>\nwhat had happened to him, I was told he tested positive to Covid-19 and<br \/>\nso was refused boarding,\u201d a source who saw him in Dubai told<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1609952134216000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbIvyV_iHsAb6GGNwq7wqaddrgFA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com gathered that a lot of high-profile Nigerians do not<br \/>\ntest for Covid-19 before traveling out of Nigeria. Reports also suggest<br \/>\nthat instead of testing, high profile Nigerians pay bribes to officials<br \/>\nof the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, to avoid being tested<br \/>\nfor the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that in December 2020, a Federal High Court in Abuja had granted<br \/>\npermission to Adoke to travel for a medical check-up in the United Arab<br \/>\nEmirate (UAE).<\/p>\n<p>In a ruling, Justice Inyang Ekwo, discountenanced the objection raised<br \/>\nby a lawyer to the prosecution, Bala Sanga, and granted Adoke\u2019s<br \/>\napplication as argued by another former AGF, Kanu Agabi (SAN).<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ekwo said the issue of whether to grant such an application was<br \/>\nwithin the court\u2019s discretion, which he was inclined to exercise in<br \/>\nfavour of the applicant because he claimed to be travelling on medical<br \/>\ngrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The judge proceeded to order the release of the ex-AGF\u2019s international<br \/>\npassport to enable him to travel from December 15 this year and return<br \/>\non January 10, a day before the scheduled resumption of trial in the<br \/>\nmoney laundering charge involving him and a businessman, Aliyu Abubakar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials of the United Arab Emirate, UAE, have prevented Nigeria\u2019s former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Mohammed Adoke, from returning to Nigeria after he tested positive to the Coronavirus&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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