DELTA GOVERMENT PAID N24 MILLION INTO AJUMOGOBIA ACCOUNT IN 2011 – Witness

Ofili-Ajumogobia

An Ikeja high court heard Friday that the Delta State Government credited the current bank account of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia twice in August 2011 to the tune of N24 miilion.

A former customer relations officer with Access Bank Plc, Clement Okaranwolu who disclosed this at resumed proceedings before Justice Hakeem Oshodi said on Friday that the state credited the judge’s account with N15million on August 5, 2011and with N9million on August 29, 2011.

Okaranwolu, who said he was the account officer to the judge, further stated that N15million was paid into the account with an Oceanic Bank cheque while the N9million was lodged in with a Zenith Bank cheque.

Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia, a serving judge of the Federal High Court, is facing a 30 count charge offence before the court for alleged bribery and unlawful enrichment alongside a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Godwin Obla.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had accused the judge of receiving a total of $793,800 in several tranches from different sources between 2012 and 2015 “so as to have a significant increase in your assets that you cannot reasonably explain the increase in relation to your lawful income.”

Led in evidence by the EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo Okaranwolu is the fourth prosecution witness told the court that apart from the naira account, the judge also owned two dollars accounts into which lodgments were constantly made by herself and other individuals.

The witness said one Ken Mozia paid in $20,000 on May 7, 2008 into the judge’s domiciliary account, numbered 0002130929; Tony Iwobi, who paid $10,000 into the account on April 16, 2008; Ali D, who paid in $10,000 on June 16, 2007;  Subedetu, who paid in $3,000 on April 12, 2011; and AB/GT which paid in $9,900 on April 30, 2013.

The witness, who was presented with the judge’s statements of accounts, also pointed out to the court several $10,000 lodgments which Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia made by herself and by sending others, including the witness himself and one Donald Ofili adding that $10,000 was the maximum daily deposit allowed.

He said that the two dollar accounts received a total credit of $693,000 deposited by the judge and other individuals between 2007 and 2011.

The witness also pointed out names of individuals who credited the judge’s account to include one Ayegba Abdullahi who credited the account with N1million on August 17, 2011; Mrs. Bola Latinwo who paid N700,000 and N500,000 into the account on October 5 and November 20, 2011 respectively.

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