A former Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Executive Director (ED) identified as Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for laundering N1.5 billion.
It was learnt that the Executive Director of NIMASA, Agaba was in charge of Maritime, Safety and Shipping and allegedly looted the money from the agency.
In June 2019, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos also sentenced the former Director-General of the agency, Calistus Obi, to seven years in prison or a N42 million fine.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun gave the sentence on June 3, following allegations of fraud to the tune of N136 million.
Another former Acting Director-General of NIMASA, Haruna Baba-Jauro, also faced trial in 2019 on 19 counts bordering on theft, fraudulent conversion of NIMASA’s property to their private use and money laundering of N304 million.
Baba-Jauro assumed leadership of the agency after the tenure of Patrick Akpobolokemi.
