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February 19, 2016
Why I gave Justice Yunusa N225,000 – Rickey Tarfa
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The affidavit, filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos by the head of his law chambers, John Odubela, reads in part: “The applicant (Mr. Tarfa) did not on 7th January, 2014 bribe Honourable Justice M.N. Yunusa with the sum of N225,000 or any other sum at all
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, has explained why he gave N225,000 to a Judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa.
Tarfa’s position was contained in an affidavit he swore to on the issue, which came from charges levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Tarfa said the N225,000 he gave to Justice Yunusa was to cover part of the funeral of the judge’s father-in-law, Alhaji Audi Garba Damasa.
He said it was his own contribution and those of other friends of Yunusa towards the burial.
The affidavit, filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos by the head of his law chambers, John Odubela, reads in part: “The applicant (Mr. Tarfa) did not on 7th January, 2014 bribe Honourable Justice M.N. Yunusa with the sum of N225,000 or any other sum at all.
“It was common knowledge in the legal circles that Honourable Justice M.N. Yunusa lost his father-in-law, Alhaji Audi Garba Damasa on the 28th December, 2013 in Maiduguri and travelled there to attend to the funeral rites.
“The applicant and some friends of 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.
“The contributed monies amounted to N225,000, which sum was given to the applicant with the responsibility to get same across to the bereaved judge.
“The applicant consequently made arrangements to forward the sum N225,000.
“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.”
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