A Former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Captain Ezekiel Agaba, has been convicted of N1.5bn fraud and sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Lagos.

Justice Ibrahim Buba, who gave the verdict on Wednesday, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission proved the charges against Agaba beyond reasonable doubts.

Agaba was arraigned in December 2015 alongside a former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpolobokemi, and two others for using two firms to loot about N2.6bn meant for the implementation of International Ship and Port Security code at NIMASA.

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But the Court of Appeal has since discharged Akpobolokemi while the EFCC withdrew charges against two other defendants, leaving only Agaba.

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