The anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a statement on Wednesday afternoon, said it ” re-arrested ex-Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia to enable it to prefer a fresh criminal charge against her.”
Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia was re-arrested at the premises of an Ikeja High Court after she was discharged of corruption charges by Justice Hakeem Oshodi.
Mr. Oshodi, in his ruling, struck out the 31-count charge filed by the EFCC against Mrs. Ofili-Ajumogobia and a lawyer, Godwin Obla, on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the suit.
The judge ruled that based on the judicial precedent set by the court of appeal, the EFCC had “jumped the gun” in filing the first amended charge against the former federal high court judge.
Mr. Oshodi noted that the anti-graft commission had not followed the procedures set by the National Judicial Council, NJC, in disciplining erring judicial officers.
It said it had since taken Mrs. Ofili-Ajumogobia to the National Judicial Commission, NJC, which had ruled on her matter.
