The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC has arraigned Justice Mohammed Yinusa before a Lagos High
Court Sitting in Ikeja.
He was arraigned on a 5 count
charge including corruption.
Justice Yinusa was arraigned
alongside one Esther Agbo, a staff of the Law Firm of the Snr Advocate of
Nigeria.
When the charges were read to
them, they both pleaded not guilty before trial judge, Justice Sherifat Solebo.
In the first Count, Justice
Yinusa is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice by engaging
in constant price and confidential telephone communications with Mr Rickey
Tarfa, SAN during a period he presided over two of the senior advocate’s
matter.
In the second count, Justice
Yinusa is charged with corruption for allegedly receiving the sum of N1.5m paid
to him by his co-defendant, Esther Agni in order to give judgement in favour of
the Law Firm of Rickey Tarfa.
In the third count, Justice
Yinusa is charged with agreeing to receive financial benefit from another Snr
Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Joseph Nwobike in order to give favourable decisions in
the cases of the said lawyer before him.
In count four, the EFCC alleged
that Justice Yinusa received the sum of N750,000 from Mr Nwobike and in the
fifth charge, Esther Agbo is charged with offering gratification of NI.5m to
Justice Yinusa in order to induce him to give judgement in favour of the Law
Chambers of Rickey Tarfa.
The two senior advocates linked
to this matter are currently being prosecuted by the EFCC in other courts.
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