Key Takeaways
- The Federal High Court in Lagos denied Afolabi Michael Kazeem, known as KC Luxury, medical bail over alleged trafficking of 184.5kg of cocaine and money laundering.
- Justice Musa Kakaki ruled that the defence provided no medical certificate or sufficient evidence of special circumstances to justify granting bail.
- Kakaki ordered the Ikoyi Custodial Centre to give Kazeem unrestricted access to doctors and fixed November 2, 2026, for trial to begin.
Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court in Lagos has refused to grant bail to businessman and social media influencer, Afolabi Michael Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, over alleged 184.5kg cocaine trafficking and money laundering.
Naija News reports that the judge held that the defence had failed to establish special circumstances to warrant bail on medical grounds, insisting that the application lacked sufficient evidence to justify the defendant’s release.
The judge further held that there was no medical certificate to warrant the court to grant him bail.
“There is no medical certificate to warrant the court to grant him bail,” Kakaki ruled.
“If there is special medical need for the first defendant, where a suspect claims an illness, an expert in the field would have given an explanation.”
Kakaki, however, directed the Ikoyi Custodial Centre to grant Kazeem unrestricted access to doctors and medical experts for treatment of any health condition.
The judge also ordered an accelerated hearing of the case, adjourning it until November 2, 2026, for the commencement of trial.
At the last proceedings on Friday, Kazeem was brought to the court premises in an ambulance while receiving oxygen.
His counsel, Chief Emefo Etudo, had urged the court to grant him bail to enable him to receive specialised medical treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
Etudo argued that Kazeem’s health had deteriorated, particularly following the collapse of his lungs, which he said was disclosed by the Police Hospital, Falomo.
Opposing the application, prosecution counsel, Abu Ibrahim, argued that the medical evidence presented by the defence did not sufficiently justify the defendant’s release.
“Your Lordship looked at the application. The ailment is the same. It is the same asthma. But maybe it has become acute; the character and the ailment are the same,” Ibrahim said.
He added that the defence had not presented a medical document from LUTH showing that the hospital could not manage Kazeem’s condition.
When the case was called on Wednesday, a correctional officer from the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Adeleye Akin, informed the court that Kazeem was still at the Police Hospital in Falomo.
Delivering his ruling, Kakaki said he had considered the bail application, the records of the court and the submissions of counsel on both sides.
The judge held that an applicant seeking bail must provide sufficient and cogent evidence to establish why the court should grant the request.
