A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr. Joseph Nwobike, was yesterday jailed for one month without option of fine for perverting the course of justice.
In her judgment, Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos High court, Ikeja said the level of culpability of the defendant over a period of time was high, hence the sentence.
She said, “The message to the society is that no one is above the law. The court however grants a light sentence. He is hereby sentenced to one month of 30 days.”
Earlier, she had said Nwobike perverted the course of justice by offering gratification to a public officer and by sending text message to a judicial official with instruction to influence the assignment of several cases to the said officer.
In his defence at the trial, Nwobike admitted to giving N750,000 to Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court but said the money was to assist in the treatment of the judge’s mother who had kidney disease.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated former Governor of Akwa Ibom State Godswill Akpabio over allegation of financial crimes. Daily Trust gathered that Akpabio honoured the invitation by the anti-graft agency to explain allegations of looting of the state’s funds during his tenure. Sources told our correspondent that Senator Akpabio was being interrogated late yesterday evening at the Abuja head offices of the Commission. He was spotted at the EFFC office in company of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, at about 5:20pm. Akpabio’s arrest yesterday is fallout of the petition by an Abuja-based lawyer and activist, Leo Ekpenyong, who had on June 8 this year petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC, calling for Senator Akpabio’s probe and accusing him of looting. The petitioner had earlier on Wednesday adopted his petition and provided more details to the anti-graft agency on the allegations against the minority leader of People...
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