BREAKING: Court sentences former NIMASA DG, Omatseye to five years imprisonment

      

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Mr. Raymond Omatseye, to five years in prison for a N1.5bn contract scam.
The former DG was arraigned on a 27-count charge of alleged bid rigging and contract splitting worth over N1.5m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
This anti-graft agency said the offences contravened Section 58(4) (d) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

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