The witness, Alhaji Yusuf Yaya Muhammed, a bureau de change operator revealed that the amount was transferred to his business account and he gave the equivalent to the second accused in his office at NIMASA. Akpobolokemi and was docked before Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos, alongside: Captain Ezekiel Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche, Governor Juan, and three companies, namely Blockz and Stonz Limited, Kenzo Logistics Limited and Al-Kenzo Logistic Limited, on a 22-count charge. At yesterday’s proceedings, another witness also revealed that the bank accounts used by Akpobolokemi to carry out transactions has no government approval. Olamide Odusanya a staff on NiMASA who is the Assistant Director, Financial Service Department (FDS) in the agency, said the two bank accounts opened for International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) committee headed by the third accused person, was not approved by the Accountant General of Federal (AGF). But all the monies transferred by the agency to the accounts have approval from the Presidency through the office of National Security Adviser (NSA). Odusanya said that the agency has four official bank accounts which was meant for the operation and the revenue collection by the agency, and the accounts have approval from AGF. She revealed that on June 3, 2013 the sum of 60.8 million was transferred from NiMASA’s bank account to the account being operated by ISPS committee with approval from the presidency and the former Director General (DG). Again, on January 3, 2014, the sum of one billion, one hundred twenty three million and four hundred thousand was also transferred to the same account. On August 29, 2014, 795.2 million was also transferred by the agency to the account. And on May 20, 2015, the sum of 447,000,000 was transferred again. The witness said by the virtue of position held then by the ex- DG, he was the chief accounting officer of the agency also adding that, he was signatory to all the account both official and unofficial. The NIMASA’s Assistant Director of account said there was no money that can go out of the agency’s account without the final approval of their former DG. The witness who was led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, tendered many approval letters related to the fund transferred from the agency’s account to the ISPS account. Odusanya will continue her testimony on March 1.]]>