When Stealing Was Not Corruption: Akpobolokemi, Others Diverted N1.1 Billion NIMASA Fund Approved By Jonathan- Witness

An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Orji Chukwuma, on Monday gave the details of how a sum of N1.1bn released by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 for a project in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency was allegedly diverted.

Chukwuma said though the money was requested by a former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi in 2013 for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Security facility in NIMASA (to carry out security checks on vessels entering Nigeria) 89 per cent of the fund was diverted.

According to Chukwuma, Jonathan approved the N1,123,400,000 on November 4, 2013 and it was released to NIMASA through a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on January 3, 2014.

Court: EFCC arraigns Tompolo, Akpobolokemi’s brothers in absentia

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, in absentia on 22 counts of N47.6bn fraud.

Also arraigned in absentia in relation to the alleged fraud were six brothers of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi – Igo, Julius, Victor, Norbert, Emmanuel and Clement.


Tompolo, Igo, Julius, Victor, Norbert, Emmanuel and Clement were declared as being “now at large” when the charges were read before a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday.