Ex-NIMASA chief jailed for N378m fraud | | The Nation Newspaper

The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday convicted a former Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency acting Director-General Calistus Obi for converting the agency’s funds.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Obi on April 12, 2016, on eight counts of converting N378,810,000 from NIMASA.

Obi was charged with Akpobolokemi’s former aide, Dismass Alu Adoon, Grand Pact Limited and Global Sea Investment Limited.She found Obi guilty of counts five, six, seven and eight; she found Adoon guilty of counts two and four.Justice Olatoregun adjourned until May 28 for allocutus and sentencing. She ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison custody until then.The defence made a no-case submission, which was dismissed on February 21, 2017.

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