Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:21:16 +0000 A NIGERIAN Supreme Court judge allegedly tried to stash away US$86,000 and three posh cars which police believe were proceeds of corruption. A state prosecutor, in opposing bail application which Mr Justice Ngwuta’s lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), argued after his client’s arraignment before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, stated that the evidence the judge allegedly tampered with were a cash sum of about US$86,000 and three exotic cars. The judge hearing the case, after dismissing the fears by the prosecution about the possibility of the defendant interfering with evidence and evading trial as baseless, fixed December 7 and 8 for commencement of trial. The prosecution alleged that after Ngwuta was granted administrative bail by the District Subordinate Court in Abuja on November 9, 2016, he made a call to someone in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, to move the sum of 27 million naira cash and three […]
Nigerian Supreme Court judge in $86,000 corruption drama
