A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application of convicted former air chief Tony Omenyi for post-conviction bail pending appeal.
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba had on  February 28 sentenced Air Vice Marshal Omenyi to seven years imprisonment.
The court held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) proved the offence money laundering to the tune of N136m against him beyond reasonable doubt.
Dissatisfied with the judgement,  Omenyi appealed the seven year conviction.
He also filed application for bail on medical ground pending the hearing and determination of his appeal before justice Taiwo O. Taiwo on June 10.
Ruling on the bail application on Wdnesday, Justice Taiwo held that the application lacks merit and dismissed it.
“I do not see how I can exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant on medical grounds. I therefore come to the conclusion that there are no enough materials placed before me on which my discretion can reasonably be exercised in favour of the applicant. The application lacks merit and same is accordingly dismissed”.
“I have perused the medical report and I cannot see where the medical doctor recommended special treatment for the applicant that will warrant his being released on medical ground.
The judge also held that the applicant cannot choose his doctor except the sickness is such that needs specialized medical practitioner that cannot be readily obtainable or provided for by the prison authorities or any government hospital.
Recalled that Omenyi and his company, Huzee Nigeria Limited, through which he  received the money from the contractor, was convicted on each of the three counts they were charged with.
The charges involved the N136m which Omenyi, as the then Managing Director of Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services Limited, a subsidiary company of Nigerian Air Force, was said to have received from a contractor with NAF.
It was also ordered that the sum of N62m recovered from Omenyi  by the EFCC be forfeited to the Federal Government.