NIMASA DG Trial: How Suspect Purchased N70 Million Property – Prosecution Witness

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former -Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and six others, yesterday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, that he collected the sum of N70 million for a plot of land sold to one of the accused.

The witness, Eboigbe Etiosa, a property consultant and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Eboigbe Etiosa and Associate told the court that it was the second accused person, Captain Ezekiel Agaba who bought the property.

According to him, the property, a piece of land in Northern Foreshore, was purchased for N70 million in 2014, with the suspect crediting his Zenith bank account with the sum in two installments.