The senior Nigerian lawyer, Joseph Nwobike, who was earlier convicted has been sentenced to one month in prison.
Mr Nwobike was convicted on 12 counts of attempting to pervert justice.

He was sentenced to one month in prison for each of the 12 counts. But because the sentences are to run concurrently, he would spend only one month in prison.

Mr Nwobike, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was convicted by the Ikeja Division of the Lagos High Court on Monday.

Justice Raliat Adebiyi, however, found the lawyer not guilty on offences of offering gratification to a judicial officer and making false declaration to an officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) .

Mr Nwobike was prosecuted by the EFCC.

BACKGROUND

The EFCC had on March 9, 2016 arraigned Mr. Nwobike before Justice Adebiyi on a five​-​count charge of allegedly offering gratification and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

The lawyer faced criminal prosecution for allegedly bribing Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court judge to refrain from exercising the duties of his office.

The defendant admitted in his statement to the EFCC that he gave N750,000 to Justice Yunusa to assist the Judge in th​​e treatment of his ailing mother who allegedly suffered from kidney disease.

One of the counts reads: “You Dr Joseph Nwobike (SAN) on the 28th day of March 2015 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, intentionally gave the sum of N750,000 to Honourable Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court directly through your United Bank for Africa Account No. 1002664061 in order that the said Judge refrains from acting in the exercise of his official duties and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 64 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State No. 11 of 2011”.

Mr. Nwobike pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him, hence the trial which judgment was given today.



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The hunter becomes the hunted. Someone jailing people is now experiencing what it means to be jailed

Unfortunate.
And the judge?

Eeeeeeya

Karma's caught up with him ...

Persecuting him cause he's a southerner

Woe betide all looters of our wealth and their agents, your worse days are near

BUHARIISCURSED:
Persecuting him cause he's a southerner

Are you okay?

BUHARIISCURSED:
Persecuting him cause he's a southerner

You're blind to see that the Judge is also a southerner, right?
You must be from the South East.

The only place where Osisikanwu the armed robber and kidnapper got a chieftaincy title because "he's our son".

Slap on the wrist!

semyman:
Are you okay?

You must be sick for asking me such question

The conviction will be quashed on appeal.

What is the upstart judge feeling like?

Yeye judge trying to feel fly... Tomorrow when Buhari and his attack dogs come after you ala Ngwuta, Ademola etal, you will start looking for SANs to save your ass...

You want to commit a SAN to prison and further rubbish/denigrate the legal profession which has been badly battered since this tyrannical government took office?...

What? Just one month? Mockery of the highest order. Can a poor, unknown person be sentenced to just one month too as done to this SAN? Answer is NO! Steal tomatoes or pepper and get 3-5 years in jail! Poor man don suffer!

Bloggers and rubbish

He will appeal it and then go back home.

On appeal, it may be quashed.

when a law expert decided to break the law.

BUHARIISCURSED:
Persecuting him cause he's a southerner

exactly what I was expecting you to say!


You r so predictable

BUHARIISCURSED:

You must be sick for asking me such question

You are mentally challenged from this your response. What has southerners got to do with the judgement pigdiots? If there is no conviction, you will still claim media trial. fraud is engraved in your ancestral DNA

One month.... Really?

Okoroawusa:

exactly what I was expecting you to say!


You r so predictable

Mr Lawal who was accused of cutting grass the other day attended an APC meeting somewhere in Adamawa, what happened that they didn't arraign him up till today. Let's stop deceiving ourselves bro, the only persecuting him cause he's a southern and a Christian

semyman:
You are mentally challenged from this your response. What has southerners got to do with the judgement pigdiots? If there is no conviction, you will still claim media trial. fraud is engraved in your ancestral DNA

Where is Mr grasscutter today ?

Good strike for Efcc. This is a morale buster for them. But I am sure we will hear from the appellate courts on this. I guess it will be more interesting.

BUHARIISCURSED:

Mr Lawal who was accused of cutting grass the other day attended an APC meeting somewhere in Adamawa, what happened that they didn't arraign him up till today. Let's stop deceiving ourselves bro, the only persecuting him cause he's a southern and a Christian

The true picture is that SAN defended clients whom Buhari wanted to deal with...

If my memory is serving me right, he was a lead counsel to one of the judges who were abducted from their houses by DSS.
They promised to teach him a lesson for daring to challenging their shenanigans...

The will not give you the true picture.

BUHARIISCURSED:

Mr Lawal who was accused of cutting grass the other day attended an APC meeting somewhere in Adamawa, what happened that they didn't arraign him up till today. Let's stop deceiving ourselves bro, the only persecuting him cause he's a southern and a Christian

Mr Lawal is a Muslim,right?

The more you talk the more your ignorance is raising her skirt

if you know he is actually guilty as charged, why only one month in prison? if he is a poor man, you people 'll bring out your sledge hammer of justice, to permanetly crush him, for stealing a goat, chicken, or even lizard. nigeria judiciary is a joke.

Okoroawusa:

Mr Lawal is a Muslim,right?

The more you talk the more your ignorance is raising her skirt

Like I said, its either you a southerner and also a Christian or a northern Christian.

BUHARIISCURSED:

You must be sick for asking me such question

..guy 2 b sincere u need trouble shooting..

How exactly is he still a lawyer? Why wasn't he debarred upon conviction So this judge will release this criminal to practice lawyer after he leaves prison.

What a wow

Okoyiboz3:


You're blind to see that the Judge is also a southerner, right?
You must be from the South East.

The only place where Osisikanwu the armed robber and kidnapper got a chieftaincy title because "he's our son".

You are both guilty of the same offence.

Kashamu the wanted drug dealer in the Senate was voted in by Yorubas.

ssogundele:
What? Just one month? Mockery of the highest order. Can a poor, unknown person be sentenced to just one month too as done to this SAN? Answer is NO! Steal tomatoes or pepper and get 3-5 years in jail! Poor man don suffer!

bro u speak my mind and it's the main reason I opened this tread.... politicians walk freely and even jump out security escorted buses as not to even near jail... while hustling lagosians are paraded as robbers and cultist by SARS... it's a pity this country is going no were