EFCC fixes July 12 to arraign Industrial Court Judge, over alleged bribery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday revealed that despite writing to the National Industrial Court, inviting embattled Industrial High Court Judge, Justice James Agbadu Fishim, the judge refused to show up at its office.

The judge who was supposed to be arraigned before Justice Raliat Adebiyi of an Ikeja High Court, Monday refused to show up in Court as expected.

According to EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, the judge was expected to report in their office on Tuesday.

“The EFCC wrote a letter to the President of the NIC asking Justice Fishim to honor the EFCC’s invitation which he has failed to. He is presently not in our custody. We are expecting him to come tomorrow (Tuesday),” Oyedepo said.

Justice Adebiyi thereafter adjourned till July 12 for the arraignment of Justice Fishim’s arraignment.

Justice Fishim would be arraigned on 19 count charge, instituted against him by EFCC.

Justice Fiahim was named as one of the judges allegedly bribed by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joseph Nwobike.

An EFCC prosecutor, Daniel Danladi had during Nwobike’s trial told the same court that named four judges who were allegedly involved in the gratification scam as Justice Mohammed Yinusa, Justice H. A. Ngajiwa and Justice Musa Kurya, all of the Federal High Court, Lagos and Justice James Agbadu-Fishim of the National Industrial Court, Lagos.

He said the report contained details of 14,317 text messages from Nwobike’s Samsung Galaxy Note 4 mobile phone, seized from him by the anti-graft agency during investigations in the alleged corruption case.