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Popular Top Lawyer to Ex-NIMASA DG, Patrick Akpobolokemi Arrested Over a $5m Fraud

Posted by Odinaka on Fri 26th Feb, 2016 - tori.ng

As the ongoing investigation of massive fraud committed by the former DG of NIMASA by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission intensifies, a top lawyer has been reportedly arrested for yet another major fraud.

According to a disclosure by SaharaReporters via their official Twitter account, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and top lawyer, Joseph Nwobike, who represents the immediate past Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, has been arrested over an alleged fraud in a tone of $5 million which involved another lawyer, Damian Dodo.

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