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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a
former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency,
Mr. Raymond Omatseye, to five years in prison for a N1.5bn contract scam.The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned for engaging in contract
splitting and bid rigging estimated at over N1.5bn while he was the DG of
NIMASA. The offence,
according to the EFCC, contravened Section 58(4) (d) of the Public Procurement
Act, 2007.Omatseye was also charged
with money laundering contrary to Sections 14(a) of the Money Laundering
(Prohibition) Act, 2004.
Source:Punch
Source:Punch
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