{"id":46333,"date":"2016-02-09T08:29:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T07:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46333"},"modified":"2016-02-09T08:29:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T07:29:28","slug":"rickey-tarfa-sues-efcc-for-n2-5billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rickey-tarfa-sues-efcc-for-n2-5billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rickey Tarfa Sues EFCC For N2.5billion\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rickey Tarfa(SAN) has dragged the\u00a0\u00a0 the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and its acting chairman, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu, to court over his recent arrest for alleged obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n<p>He wants the Federal high court to compel the agency to\u00a0 pay him N2.5billion as\u00a0 compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Tarfa also asked the court to compel the defendants which included Moses Awolusi, the operatives that arrested him and the Deputy Director Operations(EFCC) Lagos office, Iliyasu Kwarbai, to release his two mobile handsets deceitfully collected from him on Friday,5th February, 2016 at their Ikoyi office in Lagos. Tarfa is also urging the court to direct the defendants to release his Mercedes Benz SUV with registration No. KJA 700CG which was unlawfully seized from him.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming less than 24 hours after Tarfa was granted an administrative bail by the EFCC Lagos office. EFCC has however filed a two-count charge of obstruction of justice and attempting to pervert the course of justice against Tarfa.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-graft agency accused Tarfa of willfully obstructing two authorised officers of the EFCC, Moses Awolusi and Sanusi Mohammed from arresting Gnanhooue Sourou and Nazaire Odeste, who were suspected to have committed economic and financial crimes in contravention of Section 38(2) (a) of the EFCC Establishment Act of 2004.<\/p>\n<p>In count two, Tarfa was accused of engaging in improper communication with Justice M. 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