Two judges quizzed for receiving 'bribe'

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday started the interrogation of two judges of the Federal High Court - Mohammed Nasir Yunusa and Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa - for allegedly receiving bribe from senior lawyers, Rickey Tarfa (SAN) and Joseph Nwobike (SAN). The invitation of the judges came barely four days after the EFCC said it was probing eight judges and two court registrars. The commission also said another judge under probe had secured a Federal High Court order to stop further investigation. The EFCC said it had been in court trying to vacate the injunction of the Federal High Court. It, however, said that those being investigated were not part of the nine judges already grilled by the Department of State Security Services (DSS). It was the turn of the two judges yesterday. Others are awaiting the invitation of the EFCC. The judges arrived at the commission's Lagos office around 10:05, following an invitation. "Their invitation was sequel to the bribery and money laundering allegations the commission discovered during investigations in an ongoing case in which two senior lawyers have already been arraigned in court," a source said. The EFCC on March 9, 2016 arraigned Tarfa and Nwobike before a Lagos High Court on allegations of bribery and offering gratification to a public official. Nwobike and Tarfa are facing criminal prosecution for allegedly offering gratification to Federal High Court judges to prevent them from exercising the duties of their office. Subsequent investigation revealed that the two Judges allegedly received sums of money from the two senior lawyers, a source said. The allegations against the two SANs are as follows:  

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