another Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to a Lagos State High Court for allegedly bribing the same judge.
According to an affidavit deposed to by G.O. Adebola, an assistant detective commander, the anti-graft commission slammed a five-count charge against senior lawyer, Joseph Nwobike, for allegedly offering N1,050,000 gratification to Justice Yunusa, a public official, contrary to sections 64 (1) and 97 (3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, No.11, 2011.
According to the EFCC, on March 19th, 2015, Mr Nwobike, through his United Bank for Africa account number 1002664061, transferred N750,000.00 to Mr Yunusa “in order that the said Judge refrains from acting in the exercise of his official duties”.
The commission also alleged that on September 28, 2015 Mr Nwobike intentionally and indirectly “gave the sum of N 300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira only) 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.”
The fifth count of the charge borders on the allegation of attempting to pervert the course of Justice contrary to section 97 (3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State No. 11, 2011.
The commission has also lined up nine witnesses, including representatives of UBA, Access Bank, Zenith Bank and the Federal High Court, Lagos.
The suit is yet to be assigned to a judge and no date has been fixed for its commencement.
No comments:
Post a Comment