The EFCC in a letter sent to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati, on May 21, accused Justice Taiwo of being biased against it. It requested in the letter the re-assignment of the two ex-governors’ cases and all other ones involving it in the judge’s docket to another judge of the court. “To the best of my knowledge, there has been no communication from the Chief Judge on the commission’s request. The EFCC chairman recalled that Justice Taiwo in the past “demonstrated obvious bias against the commission” in a matter involving the former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose. Honourable Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo, despite being aware of the pendency of the mower before Honourable Justice M.B.

Source: Punch June 23, 2019 01:18 UTC