Tarfa is standing trial on a 26-count charge bordering on offering monetary gratification to two judges of the Federal High Court, Justices Hyeladzira Nganjiwa and Mohammed Yunusa before Justify Adedayo Akintoye.
Owonikoko told the court that they had filed a medical recommendation notifying the court for medical leave to given to the defendant for a period of three months to enable him recuperate.At this stage, the prosecuting counsel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Comission , Mr Usman Buhari and the court’s registrar all went out to the vehicle to see the defendant.
The trial judge, Justice Akintoye, advised that the defendant must not travel outside the country without court’s knowledge.It would be recalled that on the last adjourned date, March 11, the case did not go on because the judge went for an official duty.Tarfa’s counsel, Owonikoko , had told the court that his client traveled outside the country for medical treatment.
EFCC had in the charge claimed that between June 27, 2012 and January 8, 2016, Tarfa paid a total of N5.3 million in several tranches into Justice Nganjiwa’s account.
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