I did not collect $330,000 bribe from Bamaiyi

…..Court registrar tells court
By Paul Dada

Former registrar to Justice Olubunmi Oyewole who is  accused of collecting $330,000 from ‎former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishaya Bamayi while in detention at Kirikiri Prison has denied the accusation.

While giving her evidence before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of a Lagos High Court,Ikeja denied denied all allegations of conspiracy and obtaining money made against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)‎.

‎While being led in evidence by her counsel, Mr. Bamidele Ogundele, Rosulu informed the court that she started working with the judiciary in
1981 and had to support her salary by catering services.

She admitted before the court that she was still a registrar in Justice Oyewole’s court while Bamaiyi was standing trial in the same
court.

” I only knew the complainant (Bamaiyi) when he was standing trial before Justice Oyewole. I was the senior registrar in that court before I was posted out sometime in March 2006 and that was the last time I saw Bamaiyi until I was invited to EFCC’s office in 2013.

“I never met ACP Abdullahi Garba before, I don’t know Fred Ajudua personally
but I knew him as an accused standing trial. I did not collect money from anybody and I don’t know Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) one on one and I never work in his chambers”, she said.

Rosulu who was alleged to have visited prison three times,  denied ever being there.

“I was surprised on December 19, 2013 when Bamaiyi confronted me at EFCC’s office that he gave me money for Chief Afe Babalola and for Justice Oyewole.

“In the same room at EFCC’s office, ACP
Garba was brought in and introduced himself to me and confronted me that I came to Kirikiri and I saw him with a Ghana Must ‎Go bag and I told him there that I don’t know him. Garba and Bamaiyi were speaking Hausa language.”

She said she was detained for 18 days at the office of the EFCC, and her statement was taken.

She  told the court that the EFCC officials went to her house, search and took her cheque book, phones and receipt of the land she bought which paid for in instalment.

But during cross examination by the EFCC counsel, Mr. Seidu Atteh, defendant maintained that she never met Bamaiyi before he was standing trial in Oyewole’s court.

She told the court she was not the only registrar in the court, and added that there were two registrars.

Earlier at the proceedings, Deputy Comptroller of Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Vincent Ubi  had testified before the court that Garba and ACP Tajudeen Kehinde were subordinate staff.

Ubi said that Garba and Kehinde shared same office and Garba was on general duty.

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Former registrar to Justice Olubunmi Oyewole who was alleged of collecting $330,000 from ‎former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishaya Bamayi while in detention at Kirikiri Prison has denied all the allegations against her before ‎the court.

Rosulu, in her evidence before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja refuted all allegations of conspiracy and obtaining money made against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)‎.

‎Led in evidence by her counsel, Mr. Bamidele Ogundele, Rosulu told court that she started working with the judiciary in
1981 and had to support her salary by catering services.

She said t the court that she was still a registrar in Justice Oyewole’s court while Bamaiyi was standing trial in the same
court.

According to her, I only knew the complainant (Bamaiyi) when he was standing trial before Justice Oyewole. I was the senior registrar in that court before I was posted out sometime in March 2006 and that was the last time I saw Bamaiyi until I was invited to EFCC’s office in 2013.

“I never met ACP Abdullahi Garba before, I don’t know Fred Ajudua personally
but I knew him as an accused standing trial. I did not collect money from anybody and I don’t know Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) one on one and I never work in his chambers”, she said.

On the allegation that she visited prision three trice, Rosulu said had never in her life visited prison.

“I was surprised on December 19, 2013 when Bamaiyi confronted me at EFCC’s office that he gave me money for Chief Afe Babalola and for Justice Oyewole.

“In the same room at EFCC’s office, ACP
Garba was brought in and introduced himself to me and confronted me that I came to Kirikiri and I saw him with a Ghana Must ‎Go bag and I told him there that I don’t know him. Garba and Bamaiyi were speaking hausa language.”

She said she was detained for 18 days at the commission office, and her statement was taken.

She further told the court that the EFCC officials went to her house, search and took her cheque book, phones and receipt of the land she bought which paid for instalmentally.

Under cross examination by the anti graft counsel, Mr. Seidu Atteh, defendant maintained that she never met Bamaiyi before he was standing trial in Oyewole’s court. She told the court she was not the only registrar in the court, adding that there were two registrars and that she does not work on saturday.

She insisted that she does not work in Chief Afe Chambers.

Earlier at the proceedings, Deputy Comptroller of Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Vincent Ubi in his testimony before the
court said Garba and ACP Tajudeen Kehinde were subordinate staff.

Ubi said that Garba and Kehinde share same office and Garba was on general duty.

“In the day to day performance of their duty, I was not with them because I have a different office. I may not know what happen in their office. There are rules of bringing money to prison then, any money belong to detainee will go to record and kept for them.

“Anybody that needs the money will apply and I will approve and the inmate must give reason. Most of time they apply simply they want to pay their lawyers.”
the defendant (Rosulu). I was not aware of the $330,000 complainant ‎said he brought to the prison.