Lawyer denies bribing judge with N5.3M

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March 8, 2016 3:02 PM

According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tarfa bribed the judge with the said amount between June 27, 2012 and December 23, 2014.

According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tarfa bribed the judge with the said amount between June 27, 2012 and December 23, 2014.

The lawyer’s denial was contained in a statement released by the head of his chambers, John Odubela on Monday, March 7, 2016.

The statement reads:

“Mr. Nganjiwa was absorbed into the firm in the year 1995 immediately after leaving the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, where he rose to the position of Deputy Director (Prosecution) and was with us until he was appointed to the Bench of the Federal High Court in 2012.”

“During this period, Nganjiwa, who specialised in criminal trials, attracted many briefs/clients because of his expertise in that branch of the law. Upon his appointment as a judge, we continued with the cases he brought to the chambers.”

“In the light of the above, we have continued to discharge the firm’s financial obligations to him in respect of cases he has handled for the firm as a practicing legal practitioner in our law firm and those he brought to the chambers.”

Rickey Tarfa had earlier been accused of bribing another judge, Justice Mohammed Yinusa with N225,000.

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