Joseph Nwobike, who was stripped of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria title and sentenced to one-month imprisonment for attempting to pervert the course of justice is still working as a counsel to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria , SaharaReporters has learnt.
Nwobike, who has been disbarred from practising law in the country after a prolonged corruption trial, is still working as a counsel for AMCON.SaharaReporters obtained a May 22, 2019 letter written on behalf of AMCON by Nwobike as counsel which was addressed to the Chairman, Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Nigeria Limited over an indebtedness case.
The charges against Nwobike who had been practising for about 20 years, was later amended and expanded to 18 counts by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission on which he was finally prosecuted. While delivering her judgment after the resumption of the court session in 2018, Justice Raliat Adebiyi, had said, “The defendant’s level of culpability was high and was carried out with impunity repeatedly over a period of time. The level of culpability was high but the level of consequence was limited. The defendant Dr Joseph Nwobike, is hereby sentenced to a period of one month of 30 days imprisonment for each of the 12 counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
There are other lawyers in that firm who can still handle AMCON briefs previously handled by Nwobike. That's what is playing out here. He's distinct from his firm.
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