The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned another Senior Adocate of Nigerian, SAN, Joseph Nwobike, before a Lagos State High Court for allegedly bribing embattled justice Mohammed Yunusa.
This is coming barely a month after the commission charged a senior Advocate, Rickey Tarfa, for allegedly bribing Justice Yunusa with N225,000.
The anti-graft agency in an affidavit deposed to by G.O. Adebola, an assistant detective commander, slammed a five-count charge against Nwobike, for allegedly offering N1,050,000 gratification to Justice Yunusa which the commission says is contrary to sections 64 (1) and 97 (3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, No.11, 2011.
EFCC alleged that on March 19th, 2015, Nwobike, transferred the sum of N750,000 through his United Bank for Africa account number 1002664061 to Justice Yunusa “in order that the said Judge refrains from acting in the exercise of his official duties.”
It also claimed that Nwobike had on September 28, 2015 intentionally and indirectly “gave the sum of N 300,000 to Hon. Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court indirectly through Awa Ajia Nig Ltd’s account No. 0000971931 domiciled in Access Bank Plc belonging to Hon. Justice Nganjiwa Hyeladzira Ajiya of the Federal High Court in order that the Hon. Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa acts in the exercise of his official duties.”
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