Tarfa falsified his age, EFCC insists

A prosecution witness with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the ongoing trial of Rickey Tarfa, SAN, Tosin Owobo yesterday insisted that there was discrepancies in the age declaration that Tafar gave in the age declaration form that he filled at the commission’s office. Owobo, an operative of the EFCC, while he was being cross examined said that in the course of investigation, the agency wrote letters to three banks Zenith, Fidelity and GTB Bank requesting information on Tarfa account.
The witness said upon the analysis of GTB response, it showed that he was born on February 23, 1962, but from the International passport, his age is 54, while that of the statement he made before the commission was 43.
Tarfa is standing trial before Justice A.A. Akintoye of a Lagos State High Court sitting at Igbosere on a 27-count charge of offering gratification to public officer, alleged failure to declare assets and false statement of age.
The witness further told the court that Tarfa’s GTB Bank account was a domiciliary account which he made two payments.
He said that the defendant paid a cash sum of 10,000 US dollars into his GTB Bank domiciliary account on November 21 2013 and also a deposit of cash in the sum of 10,000 US dollars into the same account on January 29, 2016.
However, Justice Akintoye adjourned the matter till today for continuation of trial.