N3.4bn theft at NIMASA: EFCC leads more evidence in Akpobolokemi’s trial
Akpobolokemi
An EFCC witness, Mr Kanu Idagu, on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos how a few councils were set up at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as course pipes to take cash running into billions of Naira.
Idagu, an agent of EFCC, gave the confirmation at the continued trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, a previous Director General of NIMASA, who is being attempted nearby nine others on a 40-check charge verging on government evasion.
Others accused of him are Capt. Bala Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Felix Bob-Nabena, Capt. Warredi Enisouh, Governor Juan, Ugo Frederick and Timi Alari.
Two organizations — Al-kenzo Ltd. what's more, Penniel Engineering Services Ltd are additionally confronting trial.
They all argued not liable to the charge and were allowed safeguard by the court.
Driven in confirmation by the prosecutor, Mr Festus Keyamo, the witness told the court that as leader of the EFCC Special Task Force, he was responsible for examinations and does pursuits and captures.
He told the court that the commission got an appeal to in the last quarter of 2015 about exercises in NIMASA amid the residency of Akpobolokemi as DG.
As indicated by him, his group set out on examinations and all the while, found that NIMASA had set up different boards some of which were utilized to wash monies through organizations and authority de change.
He said that particularly, a board of trustees on knowledge was set up and headed by the second charged, with an Access financial balance no. 0688939609 opened for the receipt of monies.
"Between Dec. 20, 2013 and July 7, 2015, the board of trustees got cash in tranches running into 1.5 billion.
"The administrator of the advisory group raised a few interior updates to the Director of Finance and Accounts, wherein it was guaranteed that the assets were to be utilized for insight based security exercises.
"The organizations utilized as a part of encouragement of these exercises were either claimed or assigned by NIMASA staff for their own utilization," he said.
Idagu said one of such organizations was Aler Integrated administrations Ltd. whose modify sense of self was one Uche Obilor.
"Another organization is Kofa Fada Ltd., an agency de change organization which the second charged educated Obilor to exchange the whole of N10 million into.
"The whole of N2 million was likewise moved into the record of one Al-Kenzo Logistics, whose change personality is the third charged, Ekene Nwakuche.
"The second blamed additionally made a claim for a business contract amongst NIMASA and one Kofa Fada Ltd., with the aggregate of N26 million exchanged to the organizations' record.
"While the dollar equal was given to him.
"The second blamed additionally exchanged the aggregate for N86 million to one Usseinian Ltd., and the dollar equal exchanged to him," he included.
As per the witness, the third denounced, Nwakuche who is the individual aide to the second charged, was approached to organize represents the motivation behind redirecting cash.
He said the third charged defined an Enterprise Bank account for the sake of Adams CDA Global Services, having a place with one of his companions.
Idagu additionally asserted that the charged moved into the record the entirety of N120 million, while the dollar comparable was given over to the second denounced.
The witness said the third blamed additionally assigned a get to ledger for Gidoga Investment Ltd. with the total of N65 million moved into same record.
Idagu said different records were opened in the names of organizations, for example, Ballon and Associates, KXM acquirement Ltd, FBA Nasbela and Co, Crescent Pillars and Co, and in addition Penniel Engineering Services.
He said that on the whole, an aggregate of N422, 680 million was straightforwardly exchanged to the second charged, who asserted that same was transmitted to the initially denounced.
After the witness' oral declaration, the prosecutor asked the court for an intermission to empower him to present narrative confirmation.
Thusly, Justice Saliu Saidu deferred the case to Dec. 15 and Dec. 19 for continuation of trial.
The blamed were claimed to have conferred the offenses between December 2013 and July 2015 and changed over N3.4 billion having a place with NIMASA to individual employments.
The offense repudiated the arrangements of Sections 15 (1), (3), and 18 (an) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2012.
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