THREE prosecution witnesses yesterday testified in the ongoing trial of the former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Safety and Administration Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Ziadeke Akpolobokemi and others, with one of them, Mrs. Olamide Ogunsanya, saying NIMASA’s ISPS Committee account was not approved by the office of the accountant general.
The other two witnesses were Yahaya Mohammed Yusuf and Wakili Dauda, both operators of Bureau D’Change.
Ogunsanya, who is an assistant director, International Finance Services Department (Revenue and Debt Recovery) Unit of NIMASA, testified as the 9th prosecution witness. She told the court while being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, that various sums of money were credited to the NIMASA’s ISPS Committee account from the agency’s operational account.
Ogunsanya, who is an assistant director, International Finance Services Department (Revenue and Debt Recovery) Unit of NIMASA, testified as the 9th prosecution witness. She told the court while being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, that various sums of money were credited to the NIMASA’s ISPS Committee account from the agency’s operational account.
The witness who said the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation is the appropriate authority that approves account openings for NIMASA, added that no monetary transfer can take place in NIMASA’s accounts without the approval of the chief executive officer of the agency.
She confirmed through bank statements tendered as exhibits that on June 3, 2013, the account was credited with N60,80,000. She also affirmed that on January 3, 2015, the account was credited with N1.123,400,000. On August 29, 2014, the account was credited with another N795, 200 while N447million was transferred into the account on May 20, 2015, she stated.
“The approval of the office of the Accountant General was not obtained before opening of the accounts. The director general and chief executive officer of NIMASA authorised the transfers. We have four operational accounts, namely Access Bank, GTB, Zenith Bank and another I cannot remember now,” she said.
“The approval of the office of the Accountant General was not obtained before opening of the accounts. The director general and chief executive officer of NIMASA authorised the transfers. We have four operational accounts, namely Access Bank, GTB, Zenith Bank and another I cannot remember now,” she said.
Earlier, Yusuf and Dauda had testified that they received various sums of money to change into dollar. Dauda who said he could neither read nor write in English told the court that the account of his company, Kolfar Father Nigeria Limited, was credited three times on November 7, 2014.
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