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Court Convicts Bar Nwobike, SAN for Bribery

By
Wilson Uwujaren
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April 30, 2018

Court Convict Bar. Nwobike, SAN for Bribery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 30, 2018,  secured the conviction and sentencing of Dr. Joseph Nwobike, SAN, before Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court,  Ikeja, to one year imprisonment for perversion of justice.

The convict was prosecuted on an 18-count charge bordering on an attempt to pervert the course of Justice.

One of the counts reads: “That you Dr. Joseph Nwobike (SAN) on the 19th day of March, 2015 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, intentionally gave the sum of N 750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only) to Hon. Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court directly through your United Bank for Africa Plc Account No. 1002664061 in order that the said judge acts in the exercise of his official duties”.

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Another count reads: ” That you, Dr. Joseph Nwobike (SAN), on the 15th day of December, 2014 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, intentionally and directly gave the sum of N 250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only) to one Mrs. Ogunleye Helen Aderonke, Senior Executive officer, Federal High Court Lagos judicial division in order that the said Mrs. Ogunleye Helen Aderonke acts in the exercise of her official duties.”

Nwobike pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him,  thereby setting the stage for his full trial.

In the course of the trial,  the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo,  presented several witnesses and tendered various documents that were admitted in evidence by the court.

Delivering her judgment today, Justice Adebiyi said the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubts and with credible evidence that the convict perverted the course of justice.

The judge found Nwobike guilty on 12 counts of perversion of Justice out of the 18 counts preferred against him by the EFCC.

Consequently,  Justice Adebiyi sentenced Nwobike to one month imprisonment on each of the 12 counts.

The sentences are to run concurrently.

Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media and Publicity

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