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| Joseph Nwobike (SAN.) |
The senior Nigerian lawyer, Joseph Nwobike, who was earlier convicted has been sentenced to one month in prison.
Mr Nwobike was convicted on 12 counts of attempting to pervert justice.
He was sentenced to one month in prison for each of the 12 counts. But because the sentences are to run concurrently, he would spend only one month in prison.
Mr Nwobike, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was convicted by the Ikeja Division of the Lagos High Court on Monday.
Justice Raliat Adebiyi, however, found the lawyer not guilty on offences of offering gratification to a judicial officer and making false declaration to an officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Mr Nwobike was prosecuted by the EFCC.
BACKGROUND
The EFCC had on March 9, 2016 arraigned Mr. Nwobike before Justice Adebiyi on a five-count charge of allegedly offering gratification and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The lawyer faced criminal prosecution for allegedly bribing Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court judge to refrain from exercising the duties of his office.
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