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Embattled Lawyer, Rickey Tarfa, Explains Payment Of N225,000 To Judge by Fawie(m): 10:00am On Feb 20, 2016 |
A senior lawyer, accused by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission of bribing a judge,
on Friday denied the allegation, insisting that the
N225,000 he paid to Justice Mohammed Yunusa
was to cover part of the funeral of the judge’s
father-in-law.
Rickey Tarfa stated, in an affidavit he filed before
a Federal High Court in Lagos, that the money
was a contribution by some friends of Mr.
Yunusa towards the funeral rites of his father-in-
law, Audi Damasa.
“The applicant (Mr. Tarfa) did not on 7th
January, 2014 bribe Honourable Justice M.N.
Yunusa with the sum of N225,000 or any other
sum at all,” the lawyer stated in the affidavit
deposed to by John Odubela, the head of his
chambers.
“It was common knowledge in the legal circles
that Honourable Justice M.N. Yunusa lost his
father-in-law, Alhaji Audi Garba Damasa on the
28th December, 2013 in Maiduguri and travelled
there to attend to the funeral rites.
“The applicant and some friends of Honourable
Justice M.N. Yunusa made some donations
towards the said funeral rites and to
commiserate with the judge since they could not
physically go and commiserate with him in
Maiduguri, where he was and stayed for a while.
“The contributed monies amounted to N225,000,
which sum was given to the applicant with the
responsibility to get same across to the
bereaved judge.
“The applicant consequently made arrangements
to forward the sum N225,000.
“I know as a fact that it is common in Nigeria for
friends and well-wishers to contribute gifts in
cash and kind to people who are celebrating or
bereaved.”
The EFCC had alleged that Mr. Tarfa made phone
contacts with Mr. Yunusa in a case before the
judge.
The commission provided phone numbers of Mr.
Tarfa, the judge, and bank documents detailing
money transfer from the lawyer to Justice
Yunusa.
”Based on intelligence report available to the
Commission that the Applicant in a desperate
bid to pervert the cause of justice in earlier
proceedings involving the suspects on the
subject matter was using his GSM ….. to
communicate with Honourable Justice M. N.
Yunusa in a case before His Lordship, the 1st
Respondent requested the Applicant upon his
arrest to respond to the allegation and surrender
his mobile Apple I-Phone 6, colour black with
MTN No. …..,” the EFCC stated in a counter
affidavit deposed to by Moses Awolusi, an EFCC
investigator.
”That based on investigations and data analysis
of the Applicant’s mobile phones startling
revelations about secret, unhealthy
communications between the Applicant and
judicial officers emerged.”
The Commission had arraigned Mr. Tarfa before a
Lagos High Court, last Tuesday, for allegedly
obstructing two of its officers from arresting
Gnanhooue Sourou and Nazaire Odeste, the
owners of Rana Prestige Industries.
In response, Mr. Tarfa filed a N2.5 billion
fundamental rights action enforcement suit
against the EFCC protesting his arrest and
detention by the Commission.
In addition to seeking N2.5 billion as damages,
Mr. Tarfa is also seeking a public apology from
the EFCC for his alleged arrest and detention. |
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