Former executive director at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency , Ezekiel Agaba [PHOTO CREDIT: NIMASA on facebook], Ezekiel Agaba, was guilty of laundering N1.5 billion belonging to the agency, a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court ruled on Wednesday.
The judge said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the convict stole the sum from NIMASA while he was in charge of Maritime, Safety and Shipping. The judge agreed with the convict’s lawyer, E.D. Oyeneke, that the property is the subject of another suit at the federal high court.Earlier, Mr Oyeneke had pleaded that the court order non-custodial sentencing for Mr Agaba. The lawyer said his client’s age places him at a high risk of contracting COVID-19 in prison.“In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, counsel should consider approaching the state for pardon for the convict,” he added.
It was, however, was overturned by the Court of Appeal which unanimously discharged and acquitted the NIMASA boss.
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