The Attorney General of the Federation has slammed a 15-count charge of criminal conspiracy to receive gratification and money laundering on Justice Adeniyi Francis Adetokunbo Ademola and a female, Olabowale Toluwatope Ademola, supposedly his wife
The charge on the duo was instituted in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in the Abuja Judicial Division holden at Abuja.
Recall that Ademola was one of the judges arrested by the Department of State Security [DSS] during the nationwide raid on judges between October 8 and 9, 2016.
Justice Ademola, however, declared that his arrest during the raid on his Abuja house by operatives of DSS was a personal vendetta against him masterminded by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN.
In a letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Ademola said Malami was trying to get back at him because while serving as federal judge in Kano he once ordered the minister’s arrest and detention for alleged misconduct.
In this latest development, the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation accused him of criminal conspiracy to receive gratification contrary to Section 26(1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under Section 26 (1) of the same Law.
The particulars of offence alleged that between 11th and 26th March 2015, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, Justice Ademola and Olabowale Ademola conspired and received from Messrs Joe Agi and Associates through a bank account number 201/ 110160/1/1/0 domiciled at GT Bank PLC the total sum of Thirty Million Naira, (NGN 30,000,000.00).
In another particulars of offence, it was alleged that Justice Ademola, on or about the 6th day of May 2013 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, in his capacity as a Public Servant, corruptly received from the Law Firm of Messrs Johnson & Johnson Solicitors, the sum of Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United State Dollars ($520,000.00) as gratification in the exercise of his official functions as a judge.
Furthermore, Ademola allegedly accepted from the Law Firm of Messrs Oshodi, Oshodi & Co, the sum of Six Million Naira (NGN 6,000,000.00) as gratification in the exercise of his official functions as a judge.
Count eleven indicated that he corruptly received from Vertice Solutions Ltd, the total sum of Forty Million Naira (NGN 40,000,000.00) as gratification.
He further received from Acardian Energy Services Ltd, the total sum of Forty-Seven Million Six Hundred Thousand Naira (NGN 47,600,000.00),
The rest gratifications are as follows:
1. Omotayo Babafemi Aliyu – Thirty-Four Million and Eighty Thousand Naira (NGN 34,080,000.00), and,
2. Lawan Sulaiman – Four Million Seven Hundred And Seventy-One Thousand Three Hundred Naira (NGN4,771,300.00)
3. Messrs Joe Odey Agi Associates – Thirty Million Naira (NGN30,000,000.00)
In count ten, where he is accused of money laundering, Justice Ademola transferred the sum of One Hundred and Seventy Five Million Naira (N175,000,000) from account number 206/174191/1/2/0 domiciled at Guarantee Trust Bank to Donparker Properties.
The said sum was from the proceeds of an unlawful act and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2) (c) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011(as Amended).
The proof of evidence has as follows:
1. A Copy of Charge
2. List of witnesses and a summary of anticipated evidence
3. List of Exhibits
4. Written Statement of the Defendants
List of exhibits contains:
1. Statements of the Defendants
2. Bank Account Statements of the Defendants
3. Video CDs of the defendants’ interview
4. Link Chart Analysis of Monies Received and Transferred by the Defendants
5. Any other evidence that may be required at the trial
The statement of offense was signed by the Principal State Counsel, Hajara H Yusuf on behalf of the Attorney General of the Federation.
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