EFCC Charges Two Senior Advocates

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EFCC Charges Two Senior Advocates

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Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Rickey Tarfa and Joseph Nwobike, were on March 9, 2016, docked before a High Court of Lagos State sitting in Igbosere. Tarfa was arraigned before Justice A.A Akintoye by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on a 27-count charge touching on wilful obstruction of authorized officers of the EFCC, refusing to declare assets, making false information and offering gratification to a public official. When the charge was read to Tarfa, he pleaded not guilty. Part of the charge against him reads: “That you Rickey Tarfa, SAN on the 29th day of January 2014 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court intentionally gave the sum of N1, 500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) to Hon. Justice Nganjiwa Hyeladzira Ajiya of the Federal High Court directly from your Zenith Bank Account No. 1002926967 in order that the said judge acts in the exercise of his official duties.’ “That you Rickey Tarfa, SAN on or about the 15th day of December, 2015 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court intentionally gave the sum of N500,000 to Hon. Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court indirectly through Awa Ajia Nigeria Limited’s account No. 0000971941 domiciled in Access Bank Plc belonging to Hon. Justice Nganjiwa Hyeladzira Ajiya in order that Hon. Mohammed Nasir Yunusa refrains from acting in the exercise of his official duties.” Nwobike, was arraigned before Justice R.I.B. Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court on a five count charge of allegedly offering gratification and attempting to pervert the course of justice.The SAN is facing charges for allegedly bribing a Federal High Court Judge to refrain from exercising the duties of his office. Though, Nwobike admitted in his statement before the EFCC that he gave N750, 000 to Justice Yunusa to assist the Judge in the treatment of his ailing mother who is alleged to be suffering from kidney disease. Part of the counts against Nwobike reads, “That you Dr Joseph Nwobike (SAN) on the 28th day of March 2015 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, intentionally gave the sum of N750,000 to Honourable Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court directly through your United Bank for Africa Account No. 1002664061 in order that the said Judge refrains from acting in the exercise of his official duties and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 64 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State No. 11 of 2011.” But Nwobike pleaded not guilty to the said charge.

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