NIMASA debunks social media campaign of calumny against its CEO
… Says mischief makers recirculating expired lies.
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has debunked report making the round on the social media in which the Director General of the Agency Dr. Bashir Jamoh was alleged to have appropriated the sums of N1.5trillion and $9million to his personal account.
A statement by the Agency on Tuesday said there is no iota of truth in this allegation as this social media post had earlier been circulated over three years ago in 2021.
The statement noted that in 2021, when the allegations were then circulated, NIMASA DG personally requested the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate it, adding that 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 statement which was signed by the Agency’s Assistant Director, Public Relations , Osagie Edward, reads “ 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.
“This 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.”
