JUSTICE Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday Tuesday, 23 January 2024, reserved judgement in a suit filed against a Lagos plastic surgeon, Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju following a failed buttocks enlargement operation.
Dr Adepoju is standing trial alongside her clinic, MedContour Services Ltd., on a five-count charge bordering on a refusal to honour an invitation for an investigation into post-body surgery complications, as well as the production of investigation documents.
She was re-arraigned on 17 July 2020, alongside her medical outfit.
Justice Mohammed Liman had fixed Tuesday for judgment after the respective parties had adopted their final addresses in November 2023.
But the judgement was not ready on Tuesday as earlier scheduled, and the court informed parties that a new date would be communicated to them soon.
The defendant is charged by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).
She had pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail on self-recognition.
Justice Liman was, however, subsequently transferred out of the Lagos division of the court, but he still presides over the case on a fiat granted by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.
During the trial, the prosecution called several witnesses and tendered a number of exhibits and thereafter closed its case.
The defence, on its part, filed a no-case submission on the grounds that prima facie evidence had not been established against the defendant by the prosecution to warrant her entering her defence.
Justice Liman, in a ruling delivered on 7 April 2022, rejected the no-case submission by the defendant.
Justice Liman had ruled that the evidence so far presented before the court was enough to want to hear from the defendant which will enable the court to make up its mind.
The court consequently ordered the defendant to open her defence. The case, however, suffered several adjournments on different dates for various reasons.
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