The National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress,
Dr. Muiz Banire (SAN), was on Thursday interrogated by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly transferring the sum N500, 000 to bribe Justice
Terseer Agbadu-Fishim of the National Industrial Court.
However he was given an administrative bail after being in
the commission’s custody for couple of hours, though he was asked to surrender
his international passport to prevent him from leaving the country.
According to sources, “While detectives were probing Justice
Fishim’s account, they discovered that Banire deposited money into the judge’s
account. So, we invited him and he did not deny it. He only said the money was
not a bribe.
“Banire was quizzed by the EFCC for several hours and his
passport was seized from him. He will return for more questioning as
investigations continue.”
In a text message to the newsprint, Banire admitted to
giving the judge money.
Banire wrote, “Thank you for clarification sought. I have no
official relationship with the said judge. I have never appeared before him in
any matter and in fact, in my entire professional career, I have only recently
a month ago appeared at the industrial court before a separate judge.
“He was an old friend in the 90s, who only called me up some
years back to seek financial assistance due to his mother’s death. Beyond that,
I have not seen him in the last 17 years.”
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