[img]http://ireports-ng.com/wp-content/themes/goodnews47/framework/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://ireports-ng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Ikuforiji-Lagos-speaker.jpeg&h=275&w=599&zc=1[/img]

With the collapse of his scheme to use Justice Okechukwu Okeke of the Federal High Court, Lagos to quash the money laundering charges filed against him by the EFCC, embattled Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Sabitun Ikuforiji returned from the court room today to the Alausa, Ikeja Assembly complex spitting fire and brimstone, with a threat to expose Governor Babatunde Fashola who he accused of being the mastermind of the criminal charges against him.

Four members of the Assembly who spoke to iReports-ng.com on the development today said the Speaker returned from the court disillusioned with anger all over his face. At the continuation of Ikuforiji’s trial today, the presiding judge, Justice Okeke, gave a brief, impromptu ruling, alleging “blackmail”. According to the judge: “This case has witnessed an unprecedented delay by the prosecution and tactics set by persons to blackmail this court. In the interest of justice, I’ll transfer the case to another judge and hearing notices will be issued at a later date. This matter is hereby adjourned sine dine.”

The EFCC had dragged the Speaker and his aide Oyebode Alade Atoyebi before the court over the allegation of accepting over N500million from the Assembly without passing through a financial institution. iReports-ng.com had in previous reports exposed the bribery scheme between Ikuforiji and Okeke who is retiring from the bench next month. The judge had through a proxy called iReports-ng.com to deny he ever collected bribe from the speaker.

The whole scheme however fell flat today when Okeke opted out of the case without being able to fulfil his initial commitment to Ikuforiji to quash the case. With this frustration, the speaker stormed the Assembly complex this afternoon and called all the standing committee chairmen to begin looking for evidences of corruption in ministries they oversee with a view to getting”some scoops to embarrass the governor.”

According to one of the lawmakers who spoke to iReports-ng.com, “the speaker complained bitterly that the governor is the one behind his ordeal by paying the media and the EFCC to be on his case. He complained that the governor has not deemed it fit to pay his legal fees since the criminal charges against him began. The speaker also said he will not go down alone because he is only being accused of stealing N500 million when the governor is stealing in billions. After raising all the dust, he went ahead to ask the committee chairmen to join him in the fight against Fashola by digging out dirts from the various ministries.”

kasiem: What a baseless story?

“the speaker complained bitterly that the governor is the one behind his ordeal by paying the media and the EFCC to be on his case.

ilugunboy: ....really comical, well I don't expect the PDP goons here to think twice before dancing *azonto* as usual over such report

Gbawe: Garbage reportage. So much functional illiteracy on Nairaland. No wonder Nigeria is not developing. So Fashola can buy the FG-controlled EFCC? Comical

Mr. Globe:

You are the garbage brained person here. Why can't Fashola buy the 'FG-controlled EFCC' against an ACN member? what does it take? Wasn't he the one unleashing the FG controlled military on Lagosians and the Okada riders?

kutchs: ACN‘s supporters are so hypocrital you could see it written all over their posts. Some say the news is not only comical but internet pollution, some say it‘s baseless and yet others describe it as crap.
The question is why? And the answer is because it is ACN and not PDP.
Don‘t worry guys, those thiefs will all go down.

Mr. Globe:

You are the garbage brained person here. Why can't Fashola buy the 'FG-controlled EFCC' against an ACN member? what does it take? Wasn't he the one unleashing the FG controlled military on Lagosians and the Okada riders?

Gbawe:

Mumu of the highest order. Do you now see how toxic partisanship and myopic hatred has clouded your reasoning to the extent you sound like a drunken fool? So you are now admitting to the world that Nigeria's premier anti-corruption agency, under GEJ, is available to be bought and compromised by any politician seeking to settle a score? Next minute you will be on other threads foaming at the mouth and defending GEJ when the USA states that corruption is monumental under his leadership. Emotional dumb azzes like you will always trip on their own shoelaces.

gramci:

Ignore the bigot

phantom: ...and these are the people offering themselves to us as a credible alternative...lol.

Mr. Globe:

You are officially the Joker of the century. Who doesn't know the EFCC is a political tool and did it start with GEJ? Your selective amnesia has quickly forgotten the antecedents of EFCC with obasanjo your kinsman and late yaradua. You are a joker.

kutchs: ACN‘s supporters are so hypocrital you could see it written all over their posts. Some say the news is not only comical but internet pollution, some say it‘s baseless and yet others describe it as crap.
The question is why? And the answer is because it is ACN and not PDP.
Don‘t worry guys, those thiefs will all go down.

gramci:

Ignore the bigot

Gbawe:

Making everything an ACN V PDP thing is rather tedious. A report is saying an opposition Governor has paid off of a key anti-corruption agency of Government to harass another Politician and we are supposed to be taking that tale seriously?

So FG-controlled EFCC is now available to all politicians, for a fee, to be used to settle scores?

Gbawe:

Everyone not from your ethnic group is a "bigot" to indoctrinated clowns and clannish herded Sheep like you. Look in the mirror to see a grade one bigot.

Mr. Globe:

why are you basing your argument on the allegations of the speaker which is yet to be confirmed. What we can confirm here is that the speaker was indicted for corruption, the speaker disclosed he could confirm Fashola and Tinubu are corrupt too but they are witch hunting him. why not address these facts you jobless sycophant. Really sucks to be you.

Mr. Globe:

coming from the notorious bigot who always pleads with us not to take about issues in the south west since we are not Yoruba. You disgust the hell out of me.