Lagos, Nigeria: Following wide spread sleaze in the aviation industry, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday swooped on the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and took into custody its Managing Director, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, , Olumuyiwa Adegorite General Manager, Procurement and Nurudeen Segun Agbolade, General Manager, Finance.
As at the time of filing this report, the trio were said to still be undergoing rigorous interrogation by the anti graft agency.
Aside the provision of air traffic services, the trio’s roles are said to be very vital to the sustainability of NAMA in terms of disbursements of funds, provision and acquisition of safety related equipment and the general running of the parastatal.
A top official of the agency who alerted the media of the arrival and subsequent interrogation of the top aviation officials said Abdulsalam was about holding a meeting with Human Resources Department when the EFCC officials stormed NAMA at about 11.55am.
The source further disclosed that the EFCC officials were seeking explanation into some ‘questionable’ contract awarded to some company which were said to not have followed due process.
It is also learnt that a former managing director of NAMA (name withheld) is already reporting to the EFCC to answer to allegation particularly on total radar coverage of Nigeria, otherwise known as TRACON and other multi billion naira contracts.
