The Director-General/CEO, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has frowned against the trillion naira fraud allegation levied against him, charging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to investigate the allegation.
Jamoh expressed this in a letter personally signed, dated May 24, 2022, and addressed to EFCC.
In letter titled, “Allegation of Money Laundering”, the DG assured EFCC of his cooperation during investigation.
The letter reads in parts:
I write to bring to your attention the attached online publication and tweets that have gone viral since Friday 21st of May, 2021. The publications emanated from series of tweets of one Jackson Ude alleging the sums of N1.5 trillion and another US$9,557,312.50 were traced to my personal account.
The allegation of money laundering which impugn my integrity, character and family name have been circulating on the social media also suggested that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria be invited by Security Agencies to give reasons why such huge sums of money was transferred to my personal account instead of the Treasury Single Account.
In view of this weighty allegation and the insidious and perniciously damaging effect on the government and the country, I hereby request that a thorough and painstaking investigation be carried by your commission with a view to unravelling the truth or accuracy of the allegation. This is to put the record straight in the public domain, please.
