The revelation that Mr Rickey Tarka (SAN) paid a bribe to tune of N225,
000 in to the account of a Lagos Federal High Court Judge; Justice Mohammed Yunusa
is quite an explosive exposition that gives credence to the position of our
Coalition, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL); that some lawyers and
Judges abet and aid corruption.
According to news reports, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC,
in a counter-affidavit to the suit filed by Rickey Tarfa to challenge his
alleged unlawful arrest and detention by the EFCC on February 5 for hiding two
suspects of financial crimes in his Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and thereby
willfully obstructing the arrest of the suspects. An operative of the EFCC stated
in the affidavit that a check carried out into the Access Bank account of
Tarfa’s Law firm revealed that a sum of N225, 000 was sent to Justice Mohammed Yunusa’s
Bank account, a transaction the Judge acknowledged with appreciation through a
text message which said ‘Thank you, my senior advocate’.
