What Recession? Hon. Judge And Wife Involved In Bribe Scandal of N597m

Justice Adeniyi Francis Adetokunbo Ademola and his wife Mrs. Olabowale Toluwatope Ademola, aged 63 and 59 years respectively have a 15 count criminal file slammed against them by the Federal Government of Nigeria involving a bribe scandal.

They are said to have committed the offences between February 2014 and June 2016, contrary to Section 8 of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission Act , 2011 and Section 115 of the Penal Code Law .

A criminal charge was filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja and signed by Hajara Yusuf, a principal State Counsel, on behalf of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Alhaji Abubakar Malami SAN against Justice Adeniyi Francis Adetokunbo Ademola, who is the grandson to the first Nigerian indigenous Chief Justice of the Federation. Sir Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola is said to have received the sum N30million naira of along side his wife who also received the same amount from Messrs Joe Odey Agi Associates as a bribe on the 11th and 26th March 2015 and another N40 million between 20th and 21st February 2014.

DailyPost reports that during the prosecution, it was again discovered that he collected on the 6th of May 2013, another $520,000 from Messrs Johnson & Johnson Solicitors and another N6 million between 25 th of February and 16th of April 2015, from Messrs Johnson & Johnson Solicitors, and then another N55, 650, 000 from Messrs G.T. J Ademola & Co between 5 th January and 23 rd June 2016.

It was further alleged that Justice Adeniyi Ademola on 20th February 2014 accepted N40, 000, 000 from Vertice Solutions Ltd as well as accepting another N47, 600, 000 from Acardian Energy Services Ltd . The prosecution stated that Justice Adeniyi Ademola on 20 February 2014 accepted N34, 080, 000 from Omotayo Babafemi Aliyu and N4, 771, 300 from Lawan Suliaman between 21 st February and 7th November 2014.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola was one of the serving Judges who was arrested on 8th October, 2016 by the Department of State Services (DSS) but no date has been fixed for the trial as it is yet to be appointed to a judge.