Detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have traced over N632.2million to former Enugu State Chief Judge Innocent Azubuike Umezulike’s account. The lodgements are said to have come from lawyers, businessmen, politicians and litigants, a source told The Nation yesterday. The retired chief judge reportedly operated an account without a Bank Verification Number (BVN). Following this investigation, Umezulike has been invited for interrogation on January 17.
Recall the National Judicial Council (NJC) had on 29th September 2016 recommended Umezulike for compulsory retirement alongside Justice Mohammed Tsamiya, who was the Presiding Justice of the Ilorin Division of the Court of Appeal. Justice Kabiru Auta of Kano State High Court was recommended for dismissal. The NJC said it recommended Umezulike to Governor Justice Lawrence Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for compulsory retirement for “delivering judgment in a case 126 days after final addresses were adopted by parties, and for other instances of abuse of office”.
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