APPEAL COURT ACQUITS AKPOBOLOKEMI OF N2.6B FRAUD CHARGE

Patrick Akpobolokemi, ex-director general of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has been acquitted of a N2.6 billion fraud charge by the Lagos division of the appeal court. Yargatta Nimpar, judge of the appeal court, upheld the no-case submission filed by Akpolokemi, after it was dismissed by a high court in October 2017. The Economic […]

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‘How I bought N70m property for NIMASA director

A prosecution witness in the trial of the former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi and others, Eboigbe Etiosa, yesterday informed a Federal High Court, Lagos how he helped one of the accused, Captain Ezekiel Agaba to buy a piece of land in Lekki in 2004. According to […]

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EFCC files fresh 22-count charge against Tompolo, others

Following his alleged involvement in N22.7 billion fraud, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh 22-count charge against ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, and 12 others. The charges were filed by the anti-graft agency at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State. The fresh charges border […]

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The 40-count charge against TOMPOLO and Akpobolokemi

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Lagos filed a 40-count criminal charge of unlawful conversion against a Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo), and a former boss of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi. They are alleged to have converted the […]

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