The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, has questioned the brother of a
Federal High Court judge, Justice Rita Ofili-
Ajumogobia, over the movement of hard
currency into the accounts in a commercial
bank.
The suspect, Donald, was questioned by
operatives of the EFCC in Lagos on Saturday
over the discovery of transfers into his
account domiciled in a Nigerian commercial
bank.
“We invited Donald to our Lagos Zonal Office
to explain to our operatives how the huge sum
of money in foreign currencies was moved into
his account.
“We discovered the account while
investigating the sister, Justice Ofili
Ajumogobia, who has been with us over some
payments traced to her accounts by some
persons.
“We have detained the suspect in our Lagos
Office and we will get to know how he came
about the money,” one of the officials of the
commission said last night.
It will be recalled that Justice Ajumogobia has
told the EFCC last week that a prominent oil
tycoon granted her a ‘friendly loan’ of N18
million to buy a house in London but could
not produce the papers relating to the
transaction, leading to the questioning of the
oil magnate.
An EFCC source told Vanguard that the
commission stumbled on the N18 million
wired to a foreign account from the judge’s
domiciliary account for the purchase of a
property in the United Kingdom.
“Justice Ajumogbobia owned up to the money
but claimed it was a loan obtained privately
from a family friend.
“The ‘family friend’, who is a Chairman of an
Oil and Gas Company from where the funds
emanated, has been invited by the
Commission for questioning. So far, he had
told operatives that the money was an
assistance he rendered to her.
Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogbobia is among the
six judges being investigated by the
Commission for alleged corruption alongside
some senior lawyers.
The other five judges include Justice Nasiru
Mohammed Yunusa, Justice Hydlezira A.
Nganjiwa, Justice Uwani Abba Aji, Justice
Agbadu Jamus Fishim and Justice Musa H.
Kuriya.
Vanguard
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