NIMASA D-G Jamoh Denies Money Laundering Allegation, Writes EFCC To Launch Investigation

Dr. Bashir Jamoh, D-G/CEO, NIMASA

 

 

 

Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe allegations of money laundering level against him by “one Jackson Ude, in a series of tweets alleging the sum of N1.5 trillion and another $9,557,312.00 traced to his account.”

Recall that story of the allegation is currently circulating in social media platforms with details of how an unnamed UK investigators exposed the lodgement in the name of NIMASA D-G/CEO IN some new generation banks in Nigeria, how he set up fraudulent proxy companies to execute contracts.

In his letter to the EFCC, Jamoh on Tuesday said, the allegation of money laundering has, “impugn my integrity, character and family name. I hereby request that a thorough, painstaking investigation be carried out by your commission with a view to unravelling the truth and accuracy of the allegation. This is to put the record straight in the public domain, please.”