The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has
arrested the immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration
and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi, two weeks after he
was fired from his post. Mr. Akpobolokemi
was reportedly arrested in Lagos Thursday morning and was detained at the Lagos
office of the EFCC in the Ikoyi area of the city.
"He was taken in this morning around 10 a.m.," the
NIMASA insider said. "Some of our other officials have also been summoned while
EFCC operatives have been conducting discreet investigation here. There is
tension everywhere. One of our people just returned from EFCC and he told me
the former DG is still there, sweating profusely as he was being questioned by
investigators," a source told Premium Times
Akpobolokemi I was questioned on how a whopping N13
billion was spent on the acquisition of land for the permanent site of the
Nigerian Maritime University in Delta.
They also asked about other transactions they
believed were fraudulent, including transfers of millions of dollars from NIMASA
accounts to other accounts.
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Hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteWe can see why he was sacked.
ReplyDeleteServes him right.
ReplyDeletePMB is probing everybody.
ReplyDeletePeople loot in various offices.
ReplyDeleteWhat a disgrace.
ReplyDeleteHe who stole public fund should return it with immediate effect.
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