Hearing in the trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, was, yesterday, stalled at a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, due to the absence of Governor Juan, the sixth defendant in the charge.
Juan is said be in prison custody due to his inability to meet the bail condition granted him in a separate charge file against him and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere. At the Federal High Court, the EFCC arraigned Akpobolokemi and nine others, including two companies, before Justice Saliu Saidu.
They were accused of conspiring to convert N3.4 billion belonging to NIMASA. The commission said the money “was derived from stealing.”
EFCC said the alleged offence contravened Section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition/Amendment) Act of 2012 and punishable under Section 15 (3).
The other accused are Captain Ezekiel Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Felix Bob-Nabena, Captain Warredi Enisuoh, Juan, Ugo Fredrick, Timi Alari and two companies Al-Kenzo Limited and Peniel Engineering Services Limited. All of them were in court, yesterday, except Juan. His lawyer, Ige Ashemudare, said: “The sixth defendant is not in court. He is confined in prison custody. He has not been able to perfect the bail condition as we speak. He’s still in custody.”
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