The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it re-arrested Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia to enable it to bring criminal charges against her.
The Commission re-arrested Ofili-Ajumogobia in line with the decision of the Appeal Court, Lagos Division, in a case involving Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, where it said that a judge could not be prosecuted until he or she had either been dismissed or compulsorily retired by the National Judicial Council, NJC.
EFCC said consequent upon the fact that the Commission had presented Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia before the NJC for disciplinary action and that the NJC had taken a position, the Commission would now approach the court to bring fresh charges against her.
The Commission had first charged Ofili-Ajumogobia and Godwin Obla, SAN, on a 30-count charge on Monday, November 28, 2016, on offences relating to “perversion of the course of justice, graft, unlawful enrichment, providing false information and forgery.”