The management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has dismissed fraud allegations of N1.5 trillion and $1 million being linked to the agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, on social media.
In a statement signed by Mr. Osagie Edward, Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, the agency referred to the rumours as a social media campaign of calumy against the NIMASA helmsman.
“Our attention has been drawn to a video in circulation with allegations by some faceless people levelled against the person of the DG NIMASA bothering on an assumed N1.5 Trillion and Nine Million Dollars payment into the personal account of the NIMASA Chief Executive.”
“We wish to state categorically that there is no iota of truth in this allegation as this social media post had been earlier circulated over three years ago in 2021.”
“It is worthy of note that in 2021, when the allegations were then circulated, NIMASA DG had personally requested the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate it. In the petition, he personally signed and dated May 24th, 2021, Dr Jamoh complained that the viral story has impugned his integrity, character and family name,” the agency said.
According to the statement, the re-circulation of the 2021 video is the handiwork of mischief makers who are bent on misinforming unsuspecting members of the public for interest best known to them and their sponsors.
Members of the public are hereby advised to disregard the content of this misleading social media post.
