The duo are to be dock before Justice Akeem Oshodi on a 30-count charge of conspiracy to pervert justice by allegedly giving and receiving a bribe of N5 million.
According to the EFCC about $793,800 passed through the judge’s domiciliary accounts between 2012 and 2015 and that the judge allegedly used the money to buy a house in London.
The two accounts, Access Bank (0002649223) and Diamond Bank (0032091183) have since been frozen by the EFCC.
Five of the charges are centered on an alleged N5m bribe given to the judge by the senior advocate while the remaining 25 charges are on the huge amounts that passed through the accounts of Ofili-Ajumogobia and her alleged inability to explain her source of wealth.
The other charges filed against the judge border on forgery, lying, unlawful enrichment and other related offenses.
Ofili-Ajumogobia and Obla have been in the custody of the EFCC for about 17 days following revelations that the senior advocate paid N5m into her account in 2015 at a time she was presiding over one of his cases.
While Ofili-Ajumogobia allegedly claimed the money was a deposit for a N40m property she sold to Obla, the senior advocate said the money was a payment for building materials.
Obla also insisted that he did not know that the account belonged to the judge.
In the charge with number LD/367/C/16, the anti-graft agency insisted that the defendants allegedly committed the offence on May 21, 2015, when they conspired to pervert the course of justice with the sum of N5 million.
The said sum according to the EFCC was transfered to one Nigel & Colive Ltd, in relation to a charge number FHC/L/C/482/10.
Specifically, the commission maintained that Justice Ajumogobia is the sole signatory to Nigel & Colive Ltd, adding that both defendants conspired to pervert the course of justice in contravention of the provisions of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
According to counts one to four, Obla (SAN) was particularly accused of offering gratification in the said sum, by transferring the money from his company’s account Obla & Co., domiciled with the United Bank for Africa, to Nigel & Colive.
The transfer according to the charge was made so as to restrain a public officer from acting in exercise of her official duties.
Count five of the charge stated that Justice Ajumogobia unlawfully enriched herself by receiving a transfer or the sum of N18 million from one Arkleem Oil and Gas Ltd, to her Diamond bank account.
According to counts 6 to 20 of the charge, the anti-graft agency argued that Justice Ajumogobia received a transfer of monies from various outlets to her Diamond bank account to the tune of over 788,000 dollars.
Even in counts 29, the Federal High Court judge was accused of forging a deed of assignment between a company, County City Bricks Dev. Co. Ltd and Nigel & Colive Ltd.
Justice Ajumogobia was equally alleged to have made a false statement to the EFCC, that she was on admission at one Gold Cross Hospital, located at Bourdillon, Ikoyi, which statement was found to be false.
The anti-graft agency insisted that the offences are contrary to the provisions of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011 as well as the EFCC (establishment) Act, 2004.
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