The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned further proceedings till March 7, 2017 in the trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, and five others for an alleged fraud of N2.6bn. The presiding judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, adjourned on Tuesday till March 7 for the cross-examination […]
Read More A banker, Teslim Ajuwon, on Tuesday narrated to a Federal High Court in Lagos how a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, and Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Atewe (retd.), allegedly connived to siphon N1.8bn from the coffers of NIMASA within two weeks in September 2014. Atewe was the then Commander […]
Read More Investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kanu Idagu, told a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday that a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, and seven others defrauded the agency to the tune of N1.15bn within 19 months. According to Punchng, Idagu told Justice Saliu Saidu […]
Read More A Lagos High Court in Igbosere, yesterday heard how the sum of N11, 316,295,549.29 was allegedly diverted from Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) into accounts operated by a staff of Niger Delta University (NDU), John Simon Adomene. Adomene was named in the testimony of an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Orji […]
Read More An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, yesterday testified that ex-Nigeria Maritime and Safety Agency’s (NIMASA’s) Director-General Patrick Akpobolokemi approved N498,200,000, which was paid into various accounts. According to The Nation, Odusanya, a NIMASA assistant director in the Financial Services Department, testified before Justice Raliat Adebiyi in a N754,740,680 fraud suit […]
Read More YESTERDAY, a Lagos State High Court fixed April 14 and 20 for trial in a N754,740,680.00 case of fraud against an ex-Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration Safety Agency, (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi, and six others. Justice Raliat Adebiyi ruled after dismissing preliminary objections by Akpobolokemi and two others challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear the […]
Read More A group under the auspices of the Concerned Lawyers has raised the alarm over what they described as constant intimidation of the counsel to a former Director General of National Maritime Administration And Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, noting that the agency should be called to order. It also noted that the trend if […]
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THE Former Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh yesterday went through fresh grilling in detention with a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi. It was learnt that Air Chief Marshal Badeh was moved from Abuja to Lagos to join Akpobolokemi in responding to […]
Read More THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday called its first witness in the trial of a former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi. He was arraigned with nine others, including two companies, before Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court in Lagos. The charge is different from […]
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EX-MILITANT leader Government Ekpemupolo (akaTompolo) has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency, in an advertorial signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said it decided to declare Tompolo wanted following two bench warrants issued against him by a Federal High Court in Lagos, where […]
Read More FEDERAL High Court in Lagos Friday heard more tales of alleged cash bazaar by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The fifth prosecution witness, Mr Emeka Emelano, said his company was paid N72 million from NIMASA even though it was not awarded any contract. This is coming three days after a lawyer and […]
Read More WITNESS, Uche Obilor, narrated to a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday how he got a N905.8m contract from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency without bidding for it. Obilor claimed that the contract was awarded by the agency to his three companies – Seabulk Offshore Limited; Southern Offshore Limited; and Ace Prosthesis […]
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