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Embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Chief Rickey Tarfa
yesterday admitted that he gave N225,000 to Justice M. N. Yunusa of the
Federal High Court, but said that the money was not a bribe.
Tarfa (SAN) said the money was a donation from him and some of his
friends towards the burial of Justice Yunusa’s father-in-law who died on
December 28, 2013.
In an affidavit filed on his behalf at the Federal High Court, Lagos,
before Justice Mohammed Idris by one John Olusegun Odubela, Head of
Chambers of Messrs Rickey Tarfa and Co., dated February 18, the senior
advocate denied bribing the judge with the money or “any other sum at
all.”
Tarfa appeared on Friday before Justice Idris in continuation of his N2.5 billion fundamental rights suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for wrongful arrest and detention.
He was represented by Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), Anthony Idigbe (SAN) and
four other SANs as well as 115 other lawyers. It was learnt that the
EFCC was represented by Mr. Wahab Shittu and five others.
It will be recalled that Tarfa was arrested by operatives of the
commission on February 5, within the premises of the Lagos State High
Court in Igbosere after a five-hour stand off during which the EFCC
claimed that he prevented its operatives from arresting two of Tarfa’s
clients.
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