Paul
Usoro, one of the senior lawyers representing the Senate President,
Abubakar Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal has been linked
with the alleged bribery of a judge under EFCC investigation.
Mr. Paul Usoro
One of the senior lawyers being investigated by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly bribing judges, Mr.
Paul Usoro, SAN, has said that he gave the sum of N450.000 as a gift to
Justice James Agbadu-Fishim. He said the money which was given in two
installments was a bribe.
Disclosing this to Vanguard, an EFCC source, who was privy to the statement the lawyer made to the commission, said the funds were paid into the judge’s account when he was traveling for a long vacation in August 2014 and during the burial of a relative of the latter in 2015.
The accused, who was said to have been questioned by the commission on October 27, 2016, further informed the commission that he had never appeared before the judge, who is of the National Industrial Court, NIC.
Disclosing this to Vanguard, an EFCC source, who was privy to the statement the lawyer made to the commission, said the funds were paid into the judge’s account when he was traveling for a long vacation in August 2014 and during the burial of a relative of the latter in 2015.
The accused, who was said to have been questioned by the commission on October 27, 2016, further informed the commission that he had never appeared before the judge, who is of the National Industrial Court, NIC.
In addition, the source quoted Usoro to have told the commission
that he knew Justice Agbadu-Fishim well before he was elevated to the
Bench when he was in the telecommunications sub-sector.
Continuing, Usoro was said to have claimed in the statement that
apart from Agbadu-Fishim and Justice Kanyip J, he had no relationship
with any NIC judge.
On Justice Kanyip, the source said, Usoro claimed to have known him
when the latter called to correct him on statements made in a
presentation on NIC, some years back to Judges of the Federal High
Court.
The source, however, said Usoro in his statement said his law firm
had 32 pending and eight concluded matters before the NIC, adding that
he does not personally supervise any of the NIC matters being handled by
his firm.
![[SEE PHOTO] Alleged rapist paraded at OAU Senate building this evening](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcbNyfz9gqOPWI_lWMS_y-rxuc-2tOcmYHKiIAiDYyBoYJZl2_kUnK7NYXLQ6teP0cbu6Ol9SjBp2k34nqOcBWOeKBRSRZpQaP0pzpGlRif226o9RYh5jbN3-NCUmKWdljYUj9RilBDg/s72-c/B0-KrDeCQAEI93q.jpg+large.jpg "[SEE PHOTO] Alleged rapist paraded at OAU Senate building this evening")
![[BOKO HARAM] - Hunters kill over 75 Boko Haram men, recapture Maiha town in Adamawa](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_6r4jUvISUGF_8mWjpzqokvB4bcsf_chxhn98rrB_xCoNbjtBySnAI1d5-COSk-v-pxY6nz0WyHFxDH59ZuBZa57XGY0g6ZrMZA9Moxou_0nApTBDRiA00hKPY_YfEQLVYsAoBL1QYEx/s72-c/civilian-jtf3-465x349.jpeg "[BOKO HARAM] - Hunters kill over 75 Boko Haram men, recapture Maiha town in Adamawa")
Posts
