Court refuses socialite KC Luxury bail because it orders accelerated listening to

The Federal High Court in Lagos has refused a contemporary bail utility filed by businessman and social media influencer Afolabi Kazeem, popularly often known as KC Luxury, who’s standing trial over alleged trafficking in 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine and cash laundering. Justice Musa Kakaki dominated on Wednesday that the defence had not introduced enough proof to ascertain particular circumstances warranting the defendant’s launch on medical grounds.

The decide, nonetheless, directed the Ikoyi Custodial Centre to present Kazeem unrestricted entry to medical doctors and medical specialists each time crucial. He additionally ordered an accelerated listening to and glued November 2, 2026, for the graduation of trial. “There is no medical certificate to warrant the court to grant him bail,” Kakaki stated.

He added {that a} declare requiring specialist medical consideration ought to be supported by an professional’s clarification of the defendant’s situation. At the earlier proceedings final Friday, Kazeem was delivered to the court docket premises in an ambulance whereas receiving oxygen.

His lawyer, Emefo Etudo, urged the court docket to grant bail in order that he may obtain specialised remedy on the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Etudo argued that his consumer’s well being had deteriorated and referred to what he described as a collapse of his lungs, which he stated had been disclosed by the Police Hospital in Falomo.

Prosecution counsel Abu Ibrahim opposed the applying, arguing that the medical proof didn’t sufficiently justify Kazeem’s launch. “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 stated.

He additionally questioned whether or not the defence had provided satisfactory medical documentation regarding the remedy out there to the defendant. When proceedings resumed on Wednesday, October 28, Adeleye Akin, a correctional officer from the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, knowledgeable the court docket that Kazeem remained on the Police Hospital in Falomo.

Delivering his ruling, Justice Kakaki stated he had examined the applying, the court docket’s data and the submissions made by each side. He held {that a} defendant looking for bail should present enough and cogent proof explaining why the court docket ought to train its discretion of their favour.

The decide reviewed medical displays beforehand submitted by the defence, together with paperwork marked AK5, AK6 and AK8, which he stated contained images of an individual receiving remedy on a hospital mattress. Kakaki recalled that, in an earlier ruling on October 2, 2026, the court docket had thought of a medical officer’s suggestion that Kazeem be assessed by a marketing consultant respiratory doctor or pulmonologist.

The suggestion was supposed to permit a specialist to judge his situation, optimise remedy and stop additional acute episodes. However, the decide stated it didn’t set up that Kazeem was affected by an untreated sickness. “Having gone through the records of the court and compared the ruling of October 2, 2026, I hereby discountenance all the exhibits,” he stated.

Kakaki additionally questioned the defence’s submissions regarding the availability of remedy, noting that the applying sought Kazeem’s launch for specialised care at LUTH whereas elevating considerations about whether or not his situation may very well be managed in a Nigerian hospital. The decide additional held that the defence had not demonstrated a change in circumstances enough to justify the contemporary bail request.

“However, changes in the circumstances were not disclosed,” he stated. He recalled that the court docket had ordered Kazeem’s remand in a custodial centre on October 16, 2026. “There is inability to show special circumstances to warrant bail. I hereby discountenance it in the present application,” Kakaki dominated.

The decide stated there was nothing stopping correctional authorities from arranging for a specialist to take care of Kazeem or permitting entry to his personal physician. “There was nothing stopping the Correctional Centre from calling an expert to attend to the first defendant, or using the first defendant’s doctor if he had one,” he stated.

Formally refusing the applying, Kakaki directed that the legal proceedings ought to transfer ahead immediately. “The application is not granted; bail is refused to the first defendant. The case will proceed to accelerated hearing. Where there is any health issue, the Correctional Centre shall give unfettered access to a doctor or expert for his treatment,” he ordered.

Kazeem is being tried alongside Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch over the alleged cocaine trafficking and cash laundering offences. The court docket adjourned the case till November 2, 2026, for trial to start.