Ruling in the case of unlawful arrest brought by Rickey Tarfa, SAN, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and three others persons, which was billed for Monday, suffered a setback sequel to the applicant’s attempt to introduce new evidence. Mr. Tarfa had approached the court asking it to award N2.5 billion as damages against the EFCC over his arrest and detention. At the last court hearing, Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos, adjourned to today (Monday, February 29, 2016) for judgment after listening to the submissions of counsel. Mr. Tarfa had in an affidavit by one John Olusegun Odubela, who is the head of Chambers in the firm of Messrs Rickey Tarfa & Co, admitted that the applicant gave the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Naira Only (N225,000) to Justice M.N Yunusa of the Federal High Court.

He has now approached the court for an order granting him leave to re-open and adduce further evidence that the said Justice M. N. Yunusa is Mr. Mohammed Awwal Yunusa, a former employee in Tarfa’s chambers, as the beneficiary of the N225, 000. Tarfa, SAN, had stated in his earlier affidavit ’’That it was a common knowledge in legal circles that the Honourable Justice M.N Yunusa lost his father in-law Alhaji Audi Garba Damasa on 28th December 2013 in Maiduguri and travelled there to attend to the funeral rites. ‘’That the applicant and some friends of the Honourable Justice M.N Yunusa made some donations towards the said funeral rites and to commiserate with the Judge since they could not physically go and commiserate with him in Maiduguri where he was and stayed for a while. ‘’That the contributed monies amounted to Two Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand (N225,000) which sum was given to the applicant with the responsibility to get same across to the bereaved Judge. ‘’That the applicant consequently made arrangements to forward the sum of N225,000. ‘’That I know as a fact that it is common in Nigeria for friends and well-wishers to contribute gifts in cash and kind to people who are celebrating or bereaved”.
Mr. Tarfa has now made a u-turn.

In an amended affidavit, he said, “That the Applicant did not in paragraphs 35, 36, 37, 38, & 39 of the Applicant’s further affidavit deposed to on 19th February, 2016 stated that the sum of N225,000 was paid to Honourable Justice M. N. Yunusa of this Honourable Court.”… “That the sum of N225,000 was paid to the Applicant’s former staff, M. A. Yunusa Esq and it is necessary to adduce further evidence by allowing the use of further and better affidavit of Mr. Mohammed Awwal Yunusa in support of the application for enforcement of fundamental rights who owns the account that was said to have been owned by Honourable Justice M. N. Yunusa”, In his counter affidavit, the EFCC counsel, Wahab Shittu, said the grounds upon which the applicant was bringing the application is blatant falsehood and an afterthought.

He said the applicant’s earlier affidavit “cannot be twisted or misrepresented in any way whatsoever”.
Mr. Shittu said, ”That paragraph 10 of the affidavit in support stands logic on its heads and in response thereto paragraphs 37 and 38 of the further affidavit of the applicant showing clearly that the applicant averred that the sum of N225,000 (Two hundred and twenty five Naira) was paid directly to Honourable Justice M. N. Yunusa… He also stated that paragraph 11 of the affidavit in support was filled with blatant falsehood by claiming “that the cheque in the sum of N225,000 annexed as exhibit E is the affidavit of one Mohammed Awwal Yunusa dated 23rd Day of February, 2016 is in the name of Mohammed Awwal and not Mohammed Awwal Yunusa”. Mr. Shittu said the applicant’s new position that this was not what he said was a gross misrepresentation and an attempt to mislead the court. The EFCC counsel also drew the court’s attention to the fact that Mr. Tarfa repeatedly wrote that he was 43 years in all the pages of his extra-judicial statement with the EFCC whereas the third edition of the A Compendium of Senior Advocates of Nigeria shows that he was born on February 23, 1962, making him 54 years.

After listening to the arguments of the two parties Justice Idris adjourned the matter to March for ruling on the new application.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/199278-n225000-bribe-rickey-tarfa-makes-u-turn-denies-affidavit.html

hmm Nigerians and Nigeria EFCC

Lawyers Running from their own Affidavit...This is New

tsephanyah:
hmm Nigerians and Nigeria EFCC

Tarfa shud join Akpororo in the comedy biz.The legal profession is definitely not his calling.

Bros Ricky, how far nau? Bush meat don catch hunter ba?

Lawyers are verifiable LIARS!

Very funny! Mr Ricky, if someone has done this to you, must you accept the incarnation.

Crazy people everywhere.

This Tarfa guy has lost it and he should stop making mockery of himself.

I thought this guy is a SAN? How do people get to be a SAN?

ojesymsym:
I thought this guy is a SAN? How do people get to be a SAN?

I'm very sure some silly youths will still support the SAN even after clear evidence of bribery and corruption, they'll blame buhari for everything, if somebody mess for their house na Baba bubu, Sai youths! Lizards of tommorrow

If Ricky is the standard example of SANs, then the others should be ashamed of themselves.

superstar1:
If Ricky is the standard example of SANs, then the others should be ashamed of themselves.

Most these so called SANs are nothing but a group of cults who bribe their way to get favourable judgements from the corrupt judges.

Ricky Tarfa, Northern Nigeria' number one lawyer according to the corrupt ranking will never go unpunished.

With the first affidavit, sworn under oath, the SAn has just committed perjury and should be quickly arraigned without prejudice to his earlier arraignment.

This Ricky liar is one classic comedian


Useless, shameless dolt

ojesymsym:
I thought this guy is a SAN? How do people get to be a SAN?

Ricky Tarfa is a disgrace to his fellow SANs. Obviously currupt, inept, confused and a big dolt.. Yuck!

LOOTING: the only religion that recognizes no tribes, race, colour, party, other religious belief, etc.
God, thank you for PMB. Am personally grateful.

Are u sure? 90 of them accompanied him to the court the other day.

Burger01:
Ricky Tarfa is a disgrace to his fellow SANs. Obviously currupt, inept, confused and a big dolt.. Yuck!

brodalikeme:
Bros Ricky, how far nau? Bush meat don catch hunter ba?

u really make me laff,u know am before?

What I like most about this administration is that people with obesed ego are being brought back to earth. When SAN is confused about legal process and military general start behaving cowardly, then you know bush meat don catch hunter.

Make more wind blow mark fowl yansh open jare. Me I need the entertainment. Metuh chop paper, Amosun dey shit dollar, Tarfa dey withdraw affidavit, hmmm wetin Deizani baby go come do ?