BREAKING: Court Jails Ex-NIMASA Director For Seven Years Over Fraud, Money Laundering

Agaba, who was in charge of Maritime, Safety and Shipping, was said to have looted the money from the agency.

A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a former Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Executive Director, Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, to seven years imprisonment for laundering N1.5bn.

Agaba, who was in charge of Maritime, Safety and Shipping, was said to have looted the money from the agency.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had in 2015 arraigned Agaba and nine others before the court.

Ezekiel Bala Agaba