A Judge of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has on Thursday withdrawn from the N4.9bn fraud case brought against a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode.

Justice Muslim Hassan ordered the return of the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, for re-assignment to another judge.

He directed Fani-Kayode and his co-defendants to go and await further directive from Justice Auta.

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