Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Godwin Obla, were on Monday arraigned at an Ikeja High Court over alleged corruption.
Mr. Obla, and Mrs. Ofili-Ajumogobia, a
serving judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos, are being prosecuted by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Mr. Obla is also a prosecutor for the EFCC.
The duo were jointly charged with a two-count charge of perverting the course of justice by the anti-graft agency.
However, they pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Mr. Obla was charged with an additional
two counts of offering gratification in the sum of N5 million to Mrs.
Ofili-Ajumogobia, a public official during her service as a judge.
He also pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Mrs. Ofili-Ajumogobia faces a 26-count
charge of unlawful enrichment, taking property by a public officer,
corruption by a public officer, forgery and giving false information to
an official of the EFCC.
But she also denied the charges.
According to the EFCC, Mr. Obla, on May
21, 2015, intentionally transferred N5 million to Mrs. Ofili-Ajumogobia
via his Obla and Co United Bank of Africa (UBA) account with number:
1015319084 in order to refrain her from acting in her official duties.
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