How Nwobike Offered Judicial Worker $2,500 Gratification -Witness

A prosecution witness, Daniel Danladi, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the ongoing trial of  Dr. Joseph Nwobike, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, told Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, how Nwobike allegedly offered gratification to judicial officers to pervert the course of justice.

Nwobike is being prosecuted on a five-count charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice and offering gratification to public officials.

$40million Fraud :Court Strikes Out Azibola Suit Against EFCC

Justice Candid Johnson of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday, June 21, 2016, struck out a motion filed against the EFCC by Azibola Robert, a cousin of the former President Goodluck Jonathan, asking the court to restrain the Commission from arresting, detaining or investigating him.

The motion was struck out on grounds of lacking diligent prosecution.

In the motion, Azibola requested for an order nullifying and setting aside the remand order obtained by the EFCC to remand him, an order directing the Commission to release him from custody, an order of perpetual injunction restraining the EFCC or any person whatsoever acting for/on behalf of the Commission from arresting or detaining him and demand of special damages in the sum of N200, 000,000 (Two Hundred Million Naira Only).

N798m Subsidy Scam: You have case to answer, Court tells Opeyemi Ajuayah and others

Justice Latifah Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court today, dismissed an application of a no-case submission filed by Opeyemi Ajuyah, Majope Investment, Abdullahi Alao, Axenergy and Olarenwaju Olalusi.

While dismissing the application; Justice Okunnu held that the prosecution had adduced a prima-facie case against the defendants. 

On the issue of wrong law as claimed by the defendants, she said the punishment for the alleged offence of conspiracy was also within the Advance Fee Fraud Act as a conspiracy to commit is as good as committing the act.