THE Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, yesterday, said it docked
the embattled lawyer, Rickey Tarfa SAN, for
alleged attempt to pervert the course of
justice.
EFCC made this revelation in their counter
affidavit in response to the application filed
by Rickey Tarfa urging Justice Aishat
Opesanwo of the Lagos State High Court,
Igbosere, to quash the charge against him
before the court. Tarfa was arraigned before
the court on February 16, on a two count
charge bordering on alleged wilful obstruction
of an officer of the agency to carry out his
duty.
The second count alleged that Tarfa attempted
to pervert the course of justice, but the
defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In the counter affidavit filed by the anti-graft
agency in opposition to the application to
quash the charge, deposed to by one Sanusi
Mohammed an agent of the commission
revealed how the defendant allegedly
committed the said offences.
In a 28 paragraph affidavit Mohammed
averred that in the process of investigating a
petition dated December 16, 2013, the
defendant filed two fundamental rights
enforcement suit No FHC/L/CS/715/2015-
Rena Prestige ind. Nigeria Ltd and Mr.
Gnanhouse Sourou Nazaira V EFCC and 2 Ors
and FHC/L/CS/716/ 2015- Hair Prestige
Manufacturing Nigeria Ltd V EFCC and 2 Ors
respectively at the Federal High Court, Lagos
on behalf of his clients against the
commission .
That Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the court
presided over the two suits in which the Judge
delivered Judgement on September 8, 2015
respectively in favour of the defendant and his
clients, the court also awarded a total sum of
N10million in the two cases as damages
against the commission and two other
respondents.
EFCC further stated that during the pendency
of the proceedings in the said suits the
commission received intelligence that the
defendant was communicating with Justice
Yunusa with a view to get a favourable
judgment against the commission.
The anti-graft agency, also stated that the
investigation confirmed this report and further
revealed that the chambers of the defendant
were in the habit of instructing the registrars
of the Federal High Court to assign matters
being handled by the chambers to Justice
Yunusa.
At the resumed hearing of the matter
yesterday which was slated for the hearing of
the application the counsel to the defendant
Nnaemeka Nigige SAN told the court that the
EFCC served them their counter on Friday at
about 2:50pm, which made them not to be
able to reply the counter until yesterday
morning in the court.
The EFCC counsel Gbolahan Latona, in his
response confirmed that they received further
and better affidavit adding that they needed
more time to study the reply served on them.
However the Judge adjourned till March 21,
for the hearing of the pending application. Source : www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/why-we-docked-rickey-tarfa-efcc/

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Rickey Tarfa na my customer back in the days in his home town..................the man no dey mercy for money at all.