These are not the best of times for Justice Adeniyi Ademola as Ifeoma Ofornagolu, Sales Consultant with Coscharis Motor Limited made a shocking revelation about him recently: “Yes, I have heard of the name Joe Agi. I heard the name during sales talk with Ademide Ademola. Ademide asked me to give the quotation in pro forma invoice on the BMW 320i car and attention it to Mr. Joe Agi.”

“‘To attention’ means if a customer wants to make payment for the purchase of a vehicle, he will give the name of the purchaser/customer and who it should be given to, which may be the person that is going to make the payment or to handle the transaction. I issued an invoice to Ademide Ademola. The price of the car was N8m and the VAT was N400,000.”

“The car was paid for through a cash transfer from Joe Agi and Associates. The payment was made once on January 5, 2015. When we checked, we confirmed that the transfer was made from Joe Agi’s Zenith Bank account into Coscharis’ Zenith Bank account. I issued a receipt in respect of the transaction in the name of Ademide Ademola.”

“I went with the driver to deliver the car. I met Ademide; he was around with some friends. He received the car. He checked the car, it was OK, and he signed.”

The Federal Government’s prosecution revealed that Justice Ademola and his wife allegedly received gratification of N30m in three instalments of N10m each from Joe Agi and Associates between March 11 and March 26, 2015. The judge was equally accused of holding the proceeds of gratification in the sums of N54m, $171,779, €4,400 £80 and R1,010 on October 7, 2016.