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The EFCC has supplied details of how Rickey Tarfa SAN bribed Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High. In an affidavit filed in the court today, to counter the N2.5 billion suit instituted against EFCC by Rickey Tarfa, evidence of transfer of N225,000 to Justice Yunusa's account was supplied.
Equally supplied was an SMS from Mr. Yunusa through which he acknowledged the receipt of the bribe from Mr. Tarfa. The affidavit also included other SMS messages showing requests from other lawyers in Mr. Tarfa’s practice specifically requesting the Chief Registrar to assign certain cases filed by them to Mr. Yunusa. Evidence was also provided showing that Mr. Tarfa and his associates won all cases assigned to Mr. Yunusa’s court.

Rickey Tarfa's call logs to show regular communication with Mr. Yunusa when the 3 cases were pending, evidence of which was also outlined in the affidavit. Apart from arguing that Mr. Tarfa was lawfully arrested for obstructing the arrest of his clients, the EFCC justified the seizure of his car where he had held his clients for over 5 hours in the premises of the high court.

The EFCC further stated that the handsets with which Mr. Tarfa was communicating with Mr. Yunusa have become exhibits in the criminal case pending against him in the Lagos High Court. The EFCC counsel, Mr. W. K Shitu, has therefore motioned that Justice M. B. Idris dismiss the N2.5 billion claim by Mr. Tarfa.

The EFCC affidavit and legal documents can be found below:

IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIAHOLDEN AT LAGOSFHC/L/CS/172/16IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION BY MR. RICKEY TARFA SAN (TRADING UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF MESSRS RICKEY TARFA & CO. )FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF HIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.ANDIN THE MATTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE) RULES, 2009, MADE BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA PURSUANT TO SECTION 46(3) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (AS AMENDED).BETWEEN:MR. RICKEY TARFA SAN
(TRADING UNDER THE NAME AND
APPLICANT
STYLE OF MESSRS RICKEY TARFA & CO)
AND •ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)•IBRAHIM MUSTAFA MAGURESPONDENTS•MOSES AWOLUSI•ILIYASU KWARBAICOUNTER AFFIDAVIT OF THE 1ST, 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH RESPONDENTS IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICANT’S ORIGINATING MOTION ON NOTICE DATED 8TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2016
I, Moses Awolusi, Male, Nigerian, Christian, an officer attached to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of No. 15A Awolowo Way, Ikoyi, Lagos do hereby make oath and depose as follows:•I am one of the Special Task Force (STF) Team 2A assigned to investigate this matter and the 3rd Respondent in these proceedings.•By virtue of my position, I am conversant with the facts of this case as deposed to herein and eminently informed and competent to depose to this Counter Affidavit on behalf of myself and the 1st , 2nd and 4th Respondents herein.
SOURCE: BY SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORKFEB 18, 2016

The EFCC has supplied details of how Rickey Tarfa SAN bribed Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High. In an affidavit filed in the court today, to counter the N2.5 billion suit instituted against EFCC by Rickey Tarfa, evidence of transfer of N225,000 to Justice Yunusa's account was supplied.
Equally supplied was an SMS from Mr. Yunusa through which he acknowledged the receipt of the bribe from Mr. Tarfa. The affidavit also included other SMS messages showing requests from other lawyers in Mr. Tarfa’s practice specifically requesting the Chief Registrar to assign certain cases filed by them to Mr. Yunusa. Evidence was also provided showing that Mr. Tarfa and his associates won all cases assigned to Mr. Yunusa’s court.

Rickey Tarfa's call logs to show regular communication with Mr. Yunusa when the 3 cases were pending, evidence of which was also outlined in the affidavit. Apart from arguing that Mr. Tarfa was lawfully arrested for obstructing the arrest of his clients, the EFCC justified the seizure of his car where he had held his clients for over 5 hours in the premises of the high court.

The EFCC further stated that the handsets with which Mr. Tarfa was communicating with Mr. Yunusa have become exhibits in the criminal case pending against him in the Lagos High Court. The EFCC counsel, Mr. W. K Shitu, has therefore motioned that Justice M. B. Idris dismiss the N2.5 billion claim by Mr. Tarfa.

The EFCC affidavit and legal documents can be found below:


IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIAHOLDEN AT LAGOSFHC/L/CS/172/16IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION BY MR. RICKEY TARFA SAN (TRADING UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF MESSRS RICKEY TARFA & CO. )FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF HIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.ANDIN THE MATTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE) RULES, 2009, MADE BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA PURSUANT TO SECTION 46(3) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (AS AMENDED).BETWEEN:MR. RICKEY TARFA SAN
(TRADING UNDER THE NAME AND
APPLICANT
STYLE OF MESSRS RICKEY TARFA & CO)
AND •ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)•IBRAHIM MUSTAFA MAGURESPONDENTS•MOSES AWOLUSI•ILIYASU KWARBAITHE 1ST, 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH RESPONDENTS’ WRITTEN ADDRESS IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICANTS’ ORIGINATING MOTION ON NOTICE DATED 8TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2016.
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1By an originating motion on notice dated and filed on the 8th day of February, 2016, the applicant brought this application pursuant to Sections 33, 34, 35, 37, 41, 44 and 46(1) of the Constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended); Articles 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 12 (1) of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (Ratification and enforcement) Act Cap 10, LFN, 1990; Order II Rules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; Order XI; Order XII of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 2009 as well as under the inherent power of this Honourable court seeking for the reliefs as contained in the motion paper.

Source:SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORK

I had a problem like that before,just go to court and swear and affidavit stating that waec made a mistake on your certificate concerning ur date of birth,then attach the affidavit alongside the waec certificate and submit it.....final.

2 people are said to have been rescued alive

Obviously there is nothing to fear, even the bible says "fear not" but I can't say in this case o because hmmmmmm so much has been stolen. U tie a man to a working transformer and u tell am say fear not........

This guy sha....... I pray God help him to get his life right again

Chinatownm:
Lol. Village boi u sure say na palmgroove u de, cus ur map de read ota farm.

Am not so sure,pls Wetin be map self to begin with cos we no get that for my onipako viallge o

Thought I was gonna get blown to Canada...but it seems as if I still dey palmgrove

The van was trying to do a direct delivery

Am looking at u with eagle eye Dogara,I see

If not for this development,some "crazy fellows" for don start their jungle fight which is mainly and only for their pockets on the assembly floor..

But bro Ben is a dribbler,why make mention of first class wen local flights only have business class and economy? People deceiving people since 1810 BC,there is God o,Chai.

Good baba thinks like this and I agree with him but my problem is which Nigerian is not compromised? Maybe we no go get ministers then because all of them Na sophisticated thief

Chai,make I switch country

@OP,Ur No6 is very wrong sir....sperm can only stay alive for 48-72hours.
Nice post though

Null and void...too powerful to be punished,no be Nigeria?

Taylor86:
Rubbish

Amaechi took N370million to ekiti state during fayose and fayemi governorship elections

which the nigeria army was aware

only for rivers state chairmanship elections.

Amaechi bribed RSEC N200million naira each for 23 local governments

Amaechi spent more than N8billion for buharis campaign

y do u guys think Amaechi was given APC campaign manager

just to lavish money on APC

nonsense propaganda from APC

This is serious amount of money o,any source to back this up?

Trouble go sit down peacefully for one corner,some human beings go carry lamp they search him face.... Why can't he wait and smoke wen the plane land?

Every day na new kind of demand.....Adults acting and behaving like children since 1810BC....make this people stop this childish play and settle this problem once and for all jor.

Ijeleigbo:
Honestly Nigerians expected by now Mr. president would have made an instant impact, would have delivered on his campaign for change but unfortunately what we are seeing is a confused old man whose communication skill is extremely poor and have no clue on how to effectively address the problems confronting him..... The PDP fans i believe are having a good laugh now!!!

Nooooooo,u mustn't see it that way,am sure the slow pace is a deliberate one,there is lots and lots of rottenness and decadence within the offices,he just need to go slow and steady so as not to make any further mistake that could hinder the government on delivering their change propaganda. Its too early to judge his government. Let's give him 2 more months

Eshinery:
kilode wetin PDP do u this early morning

Lols,its just so annoying sitting down and ruminating on all the atrocities those men committed wit d finance of this country,they chopped d money every where and they planned to scot free,even if they are not sentenced to prison or ridiculed by d public,God will surely pay them back wit their own coins

OLADD:
I am not sure your brain is still intact. Check your initial vituperation on the ex president and reconfirm who's actually suffering from phone/mouth diarrhea.

I rest my case

Na cat fish...........photos jor

Don't really knw wat to say,this man just they fall my hand

This is what we call intellectual harakiri. When u stay in one place and make baseless judgement and erroneous evaluations like this..... Mr President reperesnted Nigeria so well at the international community.

Which kind epistle be this Too long