Nigerian Judge caught on tape negotiating bribe to skew justice

A senior Nigerian judge serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the Gambia, Joseph Wowo, has been sacked for soliciting a N2.5 million (500,000 Dalasi) bribe from a Gambian-based Dutch businessman in return for a favourable judgment in a land dispute case, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. Mr. Wowo, also a former President of the Gambia Court of Appeal, was caught on tape holding a surreptitious meeting with the former Gambian Justice Minister, Lamin Jobarteh (who has also been sacked), a Dutch national, André Klaarbergen, and his Nigerian Lawyer simply identified as Mene, negotiating the price of subverting the judgment of a Gambian High Court over a land dispute case, which Mr. Wowo agrees the Dutch rightly lost.

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Posted: at 28-07-2013 02:43 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

no surprize

Posted: at 28-07-2013 07:37 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Shld i b suprise? Mtcheeew it happens everywer  jst dat dis once wer caught red handed n am sure dey wil stil go scout free

Posted: at 28-07-2013 07:41 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

 

Posted: at 28-07-2013 08:05 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

Am not surprised at all if u ask me....

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Posted: at 28-07-2013 08:06 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Thank goodness for all the technology available today being used to catch cheats and corrupt officials.

Posted: at 28-07-2013 08:34 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Kk#

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Posted: at 28-07-2013 09:21 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

its not surprising thing, the judiciary  and their way of life.. shamefull

Posted: at 28-07-2013 09:55 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Gbam!!!

Posted: at 28-07-2013 10:45 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

Gbam!!!

Posted: at 28-07-2013 10:46 PM (11 years ago) | Hero