A prosecution witness, Mr Emeka Emelano,
Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Lagos
that he did not ask why the Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)
paid his company N72million even though it
did not bid for any contract.
He claimed he also did not benefit from the
payments, as he transferred the money to
‘others’ accounts as he was instructed.
Emenalo, sole proprietor of O2 Services Plus
Nig. Ltd, had earlier testified during the
ongoing trial of a former NIMASA Director-
General Patrick Akpobolokemi that he was paid
the sum for no contract.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) charged Akpobolokemi
with converting N2.6billion and defrauding the
Federal Government to the tune of
N795.2million.
He was arraigned before Justice Ibrahim Buba
along with Captain Ezekiel Agaba, Ekene
Nwakuche, Governor Juan, Blockz and Stonz
Limited, Kenzo Logistics Limited and Al-Kenzo
Logistic Limited.
In the 22-count charge, they were accused of
converting N2,658,957,666 between December
23, 2013 and May 28 last year. The
defendants pleaded not guilty.
The witness had testified that his company,
which provides agro-allied services, got the
money after his younger brother, Uche
Emelano, sought to use his company to obtain
a phantom contract from NIMASA.
He said his brother informed him that
Nwakuche would facilitate the deal. According
to the witness, his brother instructed him to
transfer any money paid into his company’s
account to other accounts as soon as he is
alerted.
Emenalo said when he began to receive alerts,
he informed his brother, who in turn informed
the third accused.
During cross-examination Tuesday, Emenalo
said he did not ask NIMASA why the money
was paid into his account.
“I only called my brother Uche to notify him
that NIMASA had paid the money into my
account,” Emenalo said.
The witness said he made several withdrawals
from the account, explaining there were other
inflows during the period.
For instance, he said he transferred N700,000
to his sister Ijeoma, but denied personally
benefiting from the deposits.
“No, the money is not meant for our family
business. I only gave my sister Ijeoma some
of it,” Emenalo said.
The witness said he was only doing his brother
a favour when he agreed to allow his
company’s account to be used for the
payment from NIMASA.
The witness added that he was also unaware
of the nature of the contract. “I did not benefit
anything from these monies paid,” he said.
“I only requested that the sum of N300,000 be
left in the account to offset bank transfer
charges,” Emenalo said.
Trial continues on Friday.
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Why most people here says bad about the woman. Some are even jobless and can't even boast of 10k in their account but are quick to comment here. Well, the woman had written her name in gold. 90 years no be small age. May God reward her as one of the change agent of this country. May her soul find eternal rest.