Social media influencer and businessman Afolabi Michael Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, was brought to the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, in an ambulance on Friday while receiving oxygen support.
Kazeem is standing trial alongside two co-defendants over an alleged 184.5kg cocaine trafficking and money laundering offence.
However, he was reportedly in critical condition when the case came up on Friday. A Correctional Services officer told the court, presided over by Justice Musa Kakaki, that the defendant had been hospitalised and was too ill to enter the courtroom.
A nurse from the Police Hospital, Falomo, Bukky Yahaya, testified that Kazeem was admitted on October 7, 2026, and diagnosed with asthma and sepsis.
According to her, “He is inside the ambulance within the court premises, but we can’t move him here because he is on oxygen.”
Counsel for the influencer, Emefo Etudo, questioned the decision to bring his client to court in such a condition.
“If, for instance, the defendant was in the intensive care unit and is like this, why should they bring him to court?” he asked.
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Following the development, Justice Kakaki ordered that Kazeem be returned to the hospital.
Meanwhile, while arguing the defendant’s bail application dated October 16, 2026, Etudo urged Justice Kakaki to release Kazeem to enable him to receive specialised treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
The senior lawyer said Kazeem’s condition had deteriorated, including a collapse of his lungs, adding that the Police Hospital had transferred him to LUTH because it lacked the facilities required for surgical management.
Etudo also alleged that Kazeem was withdrawn from LUTH and taken to a correctional centre on October 13 despite his condition. He said the defendant was returned to the Police Hospital’s intensive care unit after his health worsened during transportation.
The lawyer urged the court to grant bail on liberal terms, noting that Kazeem’s international passport was already in custody.
Opposing the application, counsel for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Abu Ibrahim, argued that the defence was attempting to relitigate issues already decided in the court’s October 2 ruling.
The prosecution maintained that the defendant’s medical condition did not sufficiently justify his release, describing him as a flight risk and urging the court to dismiss the application or impose stringent bail conditions.
After hearing arguments from both parties, Justice Kakaki adjourned the case until October 28, 2026, for a ruling on the bail application.