Nigeria: Job Not Done - My Company Got N72 Million From Nimasa - Witness

6 February 2016

A witness, Mr Emeka Emelano, in the on-going trial of former Managing Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, yesterday told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that his company was used to obtain the sum of N72million from the agency. He also told the court that his company did not execute any contract for NIMASA to have necessitated payment of the money.

Led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo,the witness said that his company specialises in Agro allied services and gets remuneration for its services through its bank accounts. He told the court that some time in 2015, his younger brother, one Uche Emelano sought to use his company to get a contract from NIMASA and told him that the contract would be got through the the third accused (Nwakuche).

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