Suspended Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court is set to return to the courtroom, but this time he will swap position and be an accused docked for accepting bribe.
Checkpointcharley understands that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to charge Justice Yunusa, who the National Judicial Commission recently recommended for retirement, following a complaint lodged against him by the EFCC.
Yunusa is accused by the EFCC of accepting gratification from a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, who is also on trial for allegedly offering bribe to a public official.
The EFCC had stated that from its investigations, Tarfa’s law firm, Rickey Tarfa & Co., with Access Bank account number 0000964760, paid N225,000 into Justice Yunusa’s bank account.
The commission had further alleged that “the N225, 000 was accepted and acknowledged by Justice Yunusa in a text message to Tarfa wherein he said, “Thank you my senior advocate.”
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