Senior Lawyer Denies Bribing Court Staff

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Dr. Joseph Nwobike

Senior Lawyer, Dr. Joseph Nwobike, Tuesday denied bribing court officials in other to pervert the course of justice as alleged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Nwobike stated this while being cross-examined by EFCC counsel, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo at the resumed hearing of an 11-count charge bordering on perverting the course of justice and offering gratification to public officials.

Rotimi had confronted the SAN with text messages he sent to court officials to allegedly unduly influence court cases he was handling.

The anti-graft agency also alleged that Nwobike offered gratifications to some judges of the Federal High Court and the National Industrial Court to influence them to act contrary to their official capacities.

The EFCC further claimed that Nwobike engaged in sending illegal text messages with four registrars of the Federal High…

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