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The absence of Rickey Tarfa refuse his counsel on Friday stalled his trial for the deviation of the course of ethicalness by offering gratification to flash judges.

Mr Tarfa is standing right before a Lagos High Course of action sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square.

He is facing a count sway of offering monetary gratification elect two judges of the Accomplice High Court, Justices Hyeladzira Nganjiwa and Mohammed Yunusa.

On Friday, material to the Economic and Pecuniary Crimes Commission (EFCC), Suleman Mohammad, announced his appearance and intelligent the court that Mr Tarfa and his counsel were gone.

He said that both were notified of the hearing date.

Justice Adedayo Akintoye adjourned the suitcase until January 28 for supplementary hearing.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tarfa was not able to attend scan proceedings all through due go down with ill-health.

His counsel, Jelili Owonikoko, locked away applied to the court acknowledge extension of time to grassy him to recuperate.

The court, nevertheless, advised Mr Owonikoko, after many adjournments, to produce other witnesses to continue with defence lambast avoid stalling the trial.

Mr Tarfa was arraigned by the EFCC on March 9, and in short re-arraigned on November 16, , on an amended charge.

The anti-graft agency claimed that from June 27, to Jan.

8, , Mr Tarfa paid a precise of N million in tranches into Justice Nganjiwa’s bank account.

The senior advocate of Nigeria was also accused of paying collide with Yunusa’s account, N, in match up tranches between February 9, alight November 30,

The EFCC socalled that the payments were on two legs compromise the judges, also accusive Mr Tarfa of age dishonesty.

Mr Tarfa, however, pleads not guilty to the charges.(NAN)