The Economic and F i n a n c i a l C r i m e s
Commission has again arraigned a former
Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick
Akpobolokemi, on 13 counts of alleged
N754.7m theft.
Akpobolokemi was arraigned alongside six
others on Monday before Justice Raliat
Adebiyi of a Lagos State High Court in
Igbosere.
The fresh charge marked LD/2181C/15
bordering on stealing and forgery was the
fifth that the EFCC would be filing against
Akpobolokemi between December 3, 2015 and
Monday.
Akpobolokemi had first been arraigned
alongside nine others on 30 counts of alleged
N3.4bn fraud before Justice Saliu Saidu of a
Federal High Court in Lagos on December 3,
2015.
He was again arraigned on December 4, 2015
along with five others on 22 counts of alleged
N2.6bn fraud before Justice Ibrahim Buba
also of the same court.
There is a pending 40 counts of alleged
N34bn fraud against him before Justice
Buba, where he is expected to take his plea
on February 8, alongside a former Niger Delta
militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo,
alias Tompolo and eight others.
Last Friday, the EFCC filed another 22 counts
of alleged N22.7bn fraud against
Akpobolokemi, Tompolo and 11 others.
In the new 13 counts before Justice Adebiyi,
Akpobolokemi was charged alongside six
others. His co-accused, with whom he was
arraigned on Monday, are Ezekiel Agaba,
Ekene Nwakuche, Governor Juan, Vincent
Udoye, Adegboyega Olopoenia and Gama
Marine Nigeria Limited.
Among other things, the EFCC alleged that
the accused fraudulently converted to their
personal use a sum of N346,844,680 released
to them by NIMASA for the implementation of
Voluntary International Maritime Organisation
Member State Audit Scheme (VIMSAS).
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