Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi the immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) two weeks after he was replaced.
According to Premium Times, Akpobolokemi was arrested in Lagos on Thursday morning and was detained at the Lagos office of the EFCC in the Ikoyi area of the city.
“He was taken in this morning around 10 a.m.,” the NIMASA insider said. “Some of our other officials have also been summoned while EFCC operatives have been conducting discreet investigation here. There is tension everywhere.
“One of our people just returned from EFCC and he told me the former DG is still there, sweating profusely as he was being questioned by investigators.”
A source said while at the NIMASA headquarters, EFCC operatives asked questions about some curious multibillion naira transactions approved by Akpobolokemi, especially during the dying days of the last administration.
“For instance, they wanted to know how a whopping N13 billion was spent on the acquisition of land for the permanent site of the Nigerian Maritime University in Delta,” the source said.
“They also asked about other transactions they believed were fraudulent, including transfers of millions of dollars from NIMASA accounts to other accounts.”
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