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EXCLUSIVE: EFCC seeks retrial of judge accused of bribery

EXCLUSIVE: EFCC seeks retrial of judge accused of bribery
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EFCC seeks judge's retrial for 'bribery'

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February 4, 2021
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the Court of Appeal in Lagos to list Mohammed Yunusa, a judge recently discharged of bribery charges, for re-trial.
The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja had in a ruling on January 25 discharged Mr Yunusa of the bribery charges, citing a December 23, 2020 letter by the National Judicial Council (NJC) which lifted the suspension slammed on him in July 2016.
EFCC’s prosecutor, Wahab Shittu, had called 10 prosecution witnesses with only about two more to be presented, when the court struck out Mr Yunusa’s name off the charges, and ordered his alleged co-accomplice, Esther Agbo, to continue facing the trial. ....

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EFCC to appeal as court discharges judge of bribery charges

EFCC to appeal as court discharges judge of bribery charges
Mr Yunusa, was recommended for compulsory retirement by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for different allegation of arbitrary issuance of restraining orders against law enforcement agencies in 2016.
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Prosecuting lawyer, Wahab Shittu, said on Tuesday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will appeal against Monday’s judgment of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja which discharged a judge, Mohammed Yunusa, of bribery charges instituted against him in 2016.
Mr Yunusa was a serving judge at the Enugu Division of the Federal High Court when he was, in July 2016, suspended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) pending President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the council’s recommendation for his compulsory retirement. ....

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