Ambode Drops Lagos HoS Involved In Husband's Scandalous Bribe-For-Justice Case With DSS, Announces Replacement

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday replaced the embattled Head of Service of the state, Mrs.  Olabode Ademola, with Mrs. Folashade Adesoye, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

It was gathered that Adesoye would function in acting capacity for now.

The former HoS along with her husband, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, had been accused by the Federal Government of fraud following a raid on their home by the operatives of the Department of State Services.

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They were arraigned on 11 counts on Tuesday including conspiracy to receive gratification and receiving gratification of N30m from Joe Agi and Associates.

The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said, “Mrs. Ademola sought permission to be excused from her duty as the Head of Service while she proved her innocence in the allegation against her.

“The governor had granted that approval and appointed an acting HoS.”

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How Justice Ademola Got N248m, $530k Bribes From Joe Agi Law Firm, Others - FG Reveals In 15-Count Charge; See List Of Charges

The Federal Government has proposed three witnesses to testify against Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja, and his wife, Olabowale, who is the Head of Service of Lagos State.

 The Office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation had on Monday filed 15 counts of gratification against the couple before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The suit against Ademola included a bribe of N30 million received from one Joe Agi And Associates.

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 In the suit with number FCT/CR/21/2016, Justice Ademola and his wife were accused of “corruptly” receiving a total sum of N248,101,300 and $520,000  as gratification from some law firms and others in the discharge of Ademola’s judicial duties between 2013 an 2016.

The proof of evidence accompanying the charges sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday showed that the prosecution had listed as prosecution witnesses, Babatunde Adepoju, George Inyang, and an unnamed employee of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.

 Ademola and his wife allegedly received the gratification through the judge’s GTB account.

According to the proof of evidence, Adepoju will testify on “the defendants’ voluntary statement”, Inyang is to testify on “video CDs of the defendants’ interview”, while the bank employee is “to testify on Link Chart Analysis of monies received and transferred by the defendants.”

Details of  Some Of The 15-Count Charge Preferred Against Justice Ademola And Wife:

COUNT ONE 

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Criminal Conspiracy to Receive gratification contrary to Section 26(1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 26 (1) of the same Law.  

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA ‘M’ and OLABOWALE TOLUWATOPE ADEMOLA ‘F’ between 11th and 26th March 2015, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conspired to receive  from Messrs Joe Agi and Associates through  a bank account number 201/ 110160/1/1/0 domiciled at GT Bank PLC the total sum of Thirty Million Naira, (NGN 30,000,000.00) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 26(1)(c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 26 (1) of the same Law.

COUNT TWO

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law. 

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

That you Adeniyi Francis Adetokunbo Ademola, adult male, 63 years  and Ademola Olabowale Toluwalope  female, 59 years  of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja, FCT between the  11th March 2015 and 26th March 2015, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, corruptly received from Messrs Joe Agi and Associates, through Ademola Olabowale Toluwalope’s bank account number 201/ 110160/1/1/0  domiciled at GT Bank PLC  the total sum of Thirty Million Naira, (NGN 30,000,000.00) in order to influence the discharge of the official duties of Adeniyi Francis Adetokunbo Ademola as a Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, contrary to Section 8 (1) of the  Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences  Act, 2000.

COUNT THREE

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law. 

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, adult male, 63 years of age, of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja,FCT on or about the 6th day of May 2013at Abuja  within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in your capacity as a Public Servant, corruptly received from the Law Firm of Messrs Johnson & Johnson Solicitors, the sum of Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United State Dollars ($520,000.00) as gratification in the exercise of your official functions as a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

COUNT NINE

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA,adult male, 63 years of age, of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja,FCT between the 25th day of February 2015 and the 16th day of April 2015 atAbuja  within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in your capacity as a Public Servant, accepted from the Law Firm of Messrs Oshodi, Oshodi & Co, the sum of Six Million Naira (NGN 6,000,000.00) as gratification in the exercise of your official functions as a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeriaand thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

COUNT TEN

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, adult male, 63 years of age, of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja,FCT,between 5TH January  and 23rd June 2016 atAbuja,  within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in your capacity as a Public Servant, corruptly received from the Law Firm of Messrs G.T.J Ademola & Co, the sum of Fifty Five Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira  (NGN 55,650,000. 00) as gratification,  in the exercise of your official functions  as a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

COUNT ELEVEN

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, adult male, 63 years of age, of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja,FCT,on the 20th day of February 2014 at Abuja,  within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in your capacity as a Public Servant, corruptly received from Vertice Solutions Ltd,the total sum of Forty Million Naira (NGN 40,000,000.00)as gratification in the exercise of your official functions  as a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 

COUNT TWELVE

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, adult male, 63 years of age, of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja,FCT,on the 20th day of February 2014 atAbuja,  within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in your capacity as a Public Servant, corruptly received from Acardian Energy Services Ltd, the total sum of Forty-Seven Million Six Hundred Thousand Naira (NGN 47,600,000.00)as gratification  in the exercise of your official functions  as a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

COUNT THIRTEEN

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, adult male, 63 years of age, of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja,FCT,between the 20th and 21st day of February 2014 atAbuja,  within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in your capacity as a Public Servant, corruptly received from Omotayo Babafemi Aliyu the total sum of Thirty-Four Million and Eighty Thousand Naira (NGN 34,080,000.00) as gratification in the exercise of your official functions  as a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

COUNT FOURTEEN

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law.

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, adult male, 63 years of age, of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja,FCT,between the 21st day of February and 7th day of November 2014 at Abuja,  within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in your capacity as  a Public Servant, corruptly received from  Lawan Sulaiman  the total sum of Four Million Seven Hundred And Seventy-One Thousand Three Hundred Naira (NGN4,771,300.00) as gratification in the exercise of your official functions  as a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act.

COUNT FIFTEEN

STATEMENT OF OFFENCE

Receiving Gratification, contrary to Section 8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 8(1) (a) (ii) of  the same Law.

PARTICULARS OF OFFENCE

ADENIYI FRANCIS ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, adult male, 63 years of age, of No 32, Samuel Ogbemudia Crescent, Apo Zone E, Abuja, FCT, between the 20th and 21st day of February 2014 at Abuja,  within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in your capacity as a Public Servant, corruptly received from Messrs Joe Odey Agi Associates the sum of Thirty Million Naira (NGN30,000,000.00) as gratification  in the exercise of your official functions as a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section  8(1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

Meanwhile, a lawyer in Justice Ademola’s defence team, Mr. Jeph Njikonye, had said on Tuesday that the charges were bogus and trumped-up.

Njikonye, who spoke with our correspondent in Abuja, said that the judge was eager to defend himself in court.

He added that the prosecutors went so “low” to impute that that the judge received gratification from his uncle’s law firm, G.T.J Ademola & Co., mentioned in the charges.

The lawyer said the Federal Government only filed the charges to play to the gallery and to justify the “unconstitutional” raid of the houses of the judges arrested by the Department of State Services.

Justice Ademola was among the judges, including two justices of the Supreme Court – Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro – arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services between October 7 and 8 on allegations of corruption.

The Federal Government had on November 8, 2016 charged Justice Ngwuta before the Federal High Court, Abuja, for money laundering and passport infraction relating to age falsification and obtaining multiple passports.

Justice Okoro has, however, not been charged.

EXPOSED: How Judges Traveled To Ghana, Niger, Benin Rep To Cash-in Bribes From PDP, Others; Their Questionable Billions REVEALED

More facts have begun to surface yesterday as to how some of the Nigerian judges raided over the weekend traveled far and wide to cash in their bribes.

A report according to The Nation Newspaper accounted that one certain got a bribe in a department store. Another travelled to Ghana, Niger Republic and Benin Republic to collect bribe, a security source alleged.

Eight more judicial officers, including one or two justices of the Supreme Court, may soon be invited for questioning as part of the controversial battle to rid the judiciary of corruption, it was learnt.

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No fewer than 15 judges are under investigation for alleged corruption.

The outgoing Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike, has been arrested.

The Department of State Services (DSS) is expecting a Federal High Court ( Port Harcourt) judge, Justice Mohammed Liman, to honour its invitation after a botched attempt to arrest him on Saturday.

It was also learnt that the DSS yesterday  exchanged correspondence with the National Judicial Council( NJC) ahead of its meeting today.

But the secret service made “a shocking discovery” on some of the judges under investigation.

The DSS was said to be in possession of audio and video tapes of some of the judges collecting bribe.

While one of the judges just acquired a N1.5billion mansion, another allegedly collected bribe in a department store and one allegedly crossed the borders to Benin Republic, Niger Republic and Ghana to collect money.

A Court of Appeal judge allegedly collected N200million but he was only recommended for retirement and the NJC directed him to refund the cash installmentally.

According to investigation by our correspondent, seven of the 15 judges under probe have been detained by the DSS.

Those detained are two Supreme Court judges-Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro; the suspended Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, Justice Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya, who was picked up in Sokoto; Justice Adeniyi Ademola( Federal High Court); the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike;  Justice Kabiru Auta of Kano State High Court; and Justice Muazu Pindiga( Gombe State High Court).

A source, who spoke in confidence, said: “I think so far, about seven judges have been detained but altogether 15 judges are under investigations. We still have about eight others already being probed. There may be one or two Supreme Court Justices among the remaining eight.

“The DSS has also invited three registry staff of some courts, who probably played some roles in the bribery saga, for questioning.”

Asked of the welfare of their Lordships, the source said: “We have treated the seven judges in custody with utmost respect, decency, they are not treated like criminals at all. Their interrogation does not last more than two hours and they are given meals of their fancy.

“The judges are being detained. They need to fill some forms. Also,  if they had answered our questions, they would have been released under one hour.

“Some of these judges have made statements to our team. We have also shown them some evidence in order to show that the DSS was tidier in in its probe.”

The source, who pleaded not to be named because of the “sensitivity nature of thise probe”  gave insights into “curious” findings against some of the judges.

He said:  “A Supreme Court Justice has a property worth N1.5billion. If not DSS, which other agency will unravel this? Are you expecting the police to take on these judges?

“Another Supreme Court justice credited everything to his son. If the son started earning a living from the day he was born( assuming he was earning N1million), he cannot be able to earn one quarter of what he is claiming to have.

“We said it is very simple, tell us the business or the work you have done to have been able to earn so much.

“A judge entered a department store not to buy anything but to collect bribe, inside a supermarket from a go-between. Unknown to the judge and the collector, there are cameras in the store. The video clip is there.

“Another judge under probe has perfected the art of being a bribe collector on behalf of others. He is notorious in crossing the borders to Benin Republic, Niger Republic and Ghana. We know some of the hotels where he used to lodge.”

The source went on: “We have the case of a judge who issued bail conditions to an accused person but the conditions were not met and the suspect was released. After the court session, the accused person sent word to the judge that he could not meet the conditions but take this amount to set me free.

“Of course, the judge did not act alone; the court clerk, the bailiff and the Registrar were involved. The DSS knew all that transpired, the amount involved and who took what. When we confronted the Registrar to give us the details of how the bail conditions were met, there was no single evidence.

“The judge in Port Harcourt is under probe for about $2.5million. Out of that amount, $500,000 was moved elsewhere and we know where it went.

“They mobilised thugs because the recovery of the remaining $2million will be a lead that will open a can of worms. That face-off was used to remove the money. We are tracking the money, we already have the idea of where the $2million was hidden. We will get it.

“Governor Nyesom Wike’s fear was that once that money was taken, the judge must account. So, there was need to cover up. The judge exposed himself by bringing Wike into the investigation and he has made his case worse. The question is: Why was Wike at the judge’s house? Is the judge’s house a government house? How can a governor be in that place at that hour?

“The judge gave a ruling  on the PDP crisis by legitimising the illegitimate for a purpose.”

On the alleged planting of recovered cash in the judges’ quarters, the source said: “The DSS did not do anything like that. In fact, the judges signed for items recovered from their residences.

“If you crosscheck, the operation was spontaneous and simultaneous in the judges’ quarters. It started between  10.30pm and 11pm on Friday night. It was painstaking and professionally conducted. Technically speaking, the DSS gave the time and the cameras used for the operation were digitalised.

“The search was conducted in the presence of the owners of the houses. There was no molestation, no harassment. We don’t need to plant money in anybody’s house because we have all subscribed to the oath of office. In an era where the government is trying to be fair, we don’t need to do that.

“There was search warrant duly obtained from the court. The execution of a search warrant does not require the presence of a lawyer. Even at that, one of the judges invited his lawyer who examined the warrant and asked him to cooperate with the DSS operatives.”

Responding to a question, the source said: “The DSS is in custody of some audio and video tapes of some of these judges. By the time we start running these tapes, Nigerians will appreciate that we have done a good job.

“The DSS did not just jump into investigation, it received petitions on these judges on how  they literally took money. The worst aspect is that they took money with both hands.

“ Some of these things were becoming disturbing and people were bringing facts and figures. We went to verify these. If a judge builds a house, it is easier to discover because he might have bought the land from an individual or an agency or estate agent. There is no way you can cover up all these things.”

Concerning why the DSS stormed the official quarters of the judges, the source added that the poor  cooperation of the NJC accounted for it.”

He spoke of how the DSS decided to go through the NJC to invite the judges for investigation “in a less dramatic way”. Correspondences were exchanged between the NJC and the Federal Ministry of Justice for certain information and dossier. The Ministry of Justice complied but the NJC refused, he claimed.

“We wanted to intervene in a less dramatic way. In fact,MIT was our wish, it would have been seamless. But it did not work that way.

“In the last two weeks, the NJC submitted the names of three judges for sanctions. By what the NJC told the press, one of the judges, Justice Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya, only demanded N200million from a litigant, but the DSS discovered that he took the money.

“The NJC asked the Appeal Court Justice to be paying back the N200million instalmentallly. Is that punishment proportionate to the offence? The NJC went ahead to give such a judge soft landing. That in itself is corruption,” the source said, adding:

“Other officers were to be retired. Then, what happens to the proceeds of the crimes committed? How is that action going to stop corruption?

“Notwithstanding, DSS is  working with everybody. We are in touch with NJC. Even today, we exchanged correspondence with the NJC. We don’t personalize issues.

“For record purpose, NJC is not a court of law; it is an institutional disciplinary body which ought to collaborate with security and anti-graft agencies.”

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has criticized the arrests, saying the judges should be released. The source faulted the NBA’s reaction, stressing that the cleansing of the Judiciary was not peculiar to Nigeria.

The source said: “I think there is nothing like tension; whoever tries to provoke national insecurity will be dealt with according to the law of the land.

“There is nobody that is above the law. In Ghana, 32 senior judges and over 20 magistrates were sent out if the bench because of corruption. Did the Ghana Bar Association threaten to shut down the courts?”

Asked if the DSS will respect court orders to release the judges when arraigned, the source said: “If it is an order, we will respect the court and release them.”

Pressed to comment on whether or not the accounts of the detained judges have been frozen, the source replied: “I won’t tell you.”

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Certificate Scandal: Buhari Jittery, Hires 23 Top Lawyers

Apparently jittery and dissatisfied by the outcome of the outcome of the certificate suit, President Muhammadu has hired 23 top lawyers to appeal the ruling of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja who on May 26, 2016 dismissed his preliminary objection in a suit filed by an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe, ThisDay Newspaper reports

President Buhari through his legal team filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division on seven grounds of appeal.

The president’s legal team, which endorsed the notice of appeal, is led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN).

Others are Mr. Lateef O. Fagbemi (SAN), Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN), Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu (SAN), Kola Awodein (SAN), Prof. Taiwo Osipitan (SAN), Charles Edosomwan (SAN), Emeka Ngige (SAN), Femi Atoyebi (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN), Funke Aboyade (SAN), H.O. Afolabi (SAN), Muiz Banire (SAN), and 10 other counsels.

When contacted on the phone, the plaintiff, Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe said the president has the constitutional right of appeal and was within his rights to exercise it particularly since he had not yet submitted a defence to the substantive action and had filed nothing in defence of the merits of the case.

The plaintiff, Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe had alleged that Buhari was unqualified to aspire to the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because he did not sit for the Cambridge West African School Certificate WASC) in 1961 as he claimed.

When the suit came up on May 26, Buhari in his preliminary objection challenged the mode of service of the originating summons on him, insisting that he ought to have been served at an address in Kaduna instead of by substituted means at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.

However, Justice Ademola, in his ruling, had held that it was incompetent and upheld the service of the originating court processes on Buhari.

The judge held that the service of the court’s processes on the president through the secretariat of the APC was proper.

The court was satisfied that if it was served on a senior officer of the APC at the national headquarters, it would be brought to Buhari’s attention.

Meanwhile, the Principal Registrar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Mr. Jane Egbo, has issued a summons to the parties to appear before her on Monday, June 13, 2016 to settle the records of the president’s appeal.

Also, a check at the Registry of the Federal High Court, Abuja confirmed that the plaintiff has filed an application to amend his originating summons to include prayers for the nullification of the election of Buhari, as he was not qualified ab initio to contest the election having contravened the Electoral Act and committed perjury in claiming to have had a WASC when he never even sat for the examination.

The plaintiff also wants to add prayers for the court to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Buhari and issue a fresh one to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who came second in the 2015 presidential election.

The plaintiff’s motion on notice for amendment of his originating summons has been served on all the defendants and will come up for hearing on Thursday, June 16, 2016.

Saraki, Ekweremadu Forgery Scandal: New Judge Handling Case Dies suddenly After Initial Judge Hands Off

A Federal High Court judge, Justice Chukwu Evoh, handling the forgery case instituted against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu is dead, News Punch has learnt

According to a statement issued by Emmanuel Gako, the court’s chief registrar, Chukwu died after a brief illness.

The statement said the court declared yesterday a work free day in honour of the departed judge.

It added that all court registrars had been directed to adjourn cases that were initially slated for hearing yesterday to ensure total compliance.

The deceased was also handling the trial of Murtala Nyako, former governor of Adamawa State, over allegations of abuse of office and economic crimes leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Sun Newspaper also confirms

Chukwu presided over an alleged forgery case instituted against Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu by the Senate Unity Forum, with members including Senators Kabiru Marafa, Suleiman Hunkuyi, among others.

They opposed Saraki and Ekweremadu’s leadership of the 8th Senate and filed a suit alleging that the Senate Standing Rules used for the election of Saraki and Ekweremadu on June 9, 2015, were forged.

The case was recently re-assigned to the deceased judge by Ibrahim Auta, chief judge of the court.

This followed the declining of Justice Adeniyi Ademola,  to give judgment in the matter following an allegation of bias raised by Ekweremadu.

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Chukwu was born on August 24, 1964, in Afikpo North Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi state and was appointed a judge of the court on January 23, 2008.