This is coming less than 24 hours after Tarfa was granted an administrative bail by the EFCC Lagos office. EFCC has however filed a two-count charge of obstruction of justice and attempting to pervert the course of justice against Tarfa.
The anti-graft agency accused Tarfa of willfully obstructing two authorised officers of the EFCC, Moses Awolusi and Sanusi Mohammed from arresting Gnanhooue Sourou and Nazaire Odeste, who were suspected to have committed economic and financial crimes in contravention of Section 38(2) (a) of the EFCC Establishment Act of 2004.
In count two, Tarfa was accused of engaging in improper communication with Justice M. Yunusa of the Federal High Court Lagos between May 11 and June 25, 2015 while the case between the EFCC and two others was ongoing.
At the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday, Tarfa was accompanied by 32 Senior Advocates of Nigeria(SAN) led by the former President, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief Wole Olanipekun.Tarfa is asking the court to compel the defendants which included Moses Awolusi, the operatives that arrested him and the Deputy Director Operations(EFCC) Lagos office, Iliyasu Kwarbai, to release his two mobile handsets deceitfully collected from him on Friday,5th February, 2016 at their Ikoyi office in Lagos.
Tarfa is also urging the court to direct the defendants to release his Mercedes Benz SUV with registration No. KJA 700CG which was unlawfully seized from him.
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