A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday sentenced a former Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Calistus Obi to seven years imprisonment over N136 million fraud.

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun had last month convicted Mr. Obi  after he was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for fraud.

Obi was appointed the acting head of NIMASA two months after President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in 2015, following the dismissal of Patrick Akpobolokemi as the Chief Executive Officer of the agency.

In the charge filed against Obi, the EFCC accused him of committing the offences on August 5, 2014.

According to the EFCC, he and a former staff of NIMASA allegedly conspired to convert money from NIMASA into personal use with the knowledge that same were proceeds of stealing.

The offences contravened the provisions of Sections 15 and 18(a) of the Money Laundering Prohibitions (Amendment) Act, 2012.