An official of Diamond Bank Plc, Ademola Oshodi, told a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Monday that he managed the bank account of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, with number 0032091183, domiciled in the bank.
Oshodi told the court that he regularly visited the chamber of Justice Ofiili-Ajumogobia on the premises of the Federal High Court on Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos, where Ofili-Ajumogobia is a judge, to collect huge cash sums to be deposited in the judge’s account.
The banker said whenever the money was above the lawful threshold that could be deposited in the judge’s account, he would split the money into two, deposit a portion into Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s account and the remaining portion in his own personal account.
The banker explained that he would subsequently transfer the money from his personal account to the judge’s account
He added that at a time, he had to help the judge get a Bureau De Change operator, named Abah Said, who helped the judge to convert the naira sums to US dollars whenever the judge was not comfortable with the normal mode of transaction
Oshodi said this on Monday when he appeared as a prosecution witness before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, where Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia was arraigned alongside a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Godwin Obla for alleged bribery, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and unlawful enrichment.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia and Obla on 30 counts bordering on the offences.
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