A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a former Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Executive Director , Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, to seven years imprisonment for laundering N1,541,408,666.00.
Buba held the EFCC proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict stole the sum from NIMASA while he was in charge of Maritime, Safety and Shipping.He sentenced Agaba to seven years imprisonment on each of the seven counts, totalling 49 years. Buba upheld the submission of the Agaba’s counsel Mr E.D. Oyeneke that the property is the subject of another suit at the Federal High Court.
The EFCC had in 2015 arraigned Agaba alongside a former NIMASA Managing Director Dr. Patrick Akpolobokemi, a former NIMASA staff Ekene Nwakuche and the chairman of Ndokwa Local Government Area of Delta State, Juan Amechee Governor, for allegedly laundering N2.6 billion.Akpobolokemi filed a no case submission but Buba, on October 16, 2017, dismissed it.
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