The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed its intention to prosecute medical doctors who issue fake medical reports to suspects undergoing trial for financial crimes among others.
This was disclosed by the acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu on Friday during an interactive session with anti-corruption stakeholders and journalists at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.
The EFCC boss also told newsmen that many of these fake medical reports issued by doctors actually frustrate pending cases in court.
“We will extend our investigation to doctors who gives fake medical reports to individuals who are facing different kinds of corruption cases. so we put them on the spot. Some would win Senate and present serial medical results that they cannot appear in court. Some would be brought to the courtroom on a stretcher”.
”Many of these fake medical reports are actually the reasons why many of our cases in court are overstretched and go on for years endlessly,” Magu explained.
Many corruption cases in recent years have been stalled over alleged ailments suffered by the suspects, many of whom the judges have been forced to grant permission to seek medical treatment, usually overseas. The judges usually act on medical reports presented in court by the defence counsel on behalf of their clients.